Are there any wealthy private helicopter pilots?

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Are there any wealthy private helicopter pilots?

#1 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:44 am

£550.00 an hour

While it is is highly unprofessional to get involved in a debate with ATC in flight, and probably pointless thereafter, I do have a scintilla of sympathy for this guy having been forced to wait 20 minutes recently for a bunch of parachutists by an officious Airfield Information radio operator who I could have ignored as there was absolutely no risk to any party, but whose advice I was loath to defy/ignore on the basis of good neighborliness and ultimately safety, a minor delay sure, but one that cost me £180.00. I guess it is a case of "if you have to ask how much, then you can't afford it!"

A now poorer would be helicopter pilot. :))

ATC generally do an excellent job in increasingly congested skies and I have nothing but respect for the work they do under extreme pressure at times.This helicopter pilot's rudeness, abuse of the controller and his arrogance was worthy of a fine.

Let it be said that as a visitor to Blackpool on occasion as a fixed wing pilot I have encountered nothing but politeness and efficiency from ATC and friendliness from the ground staff as well, who let me off paying the landing fee once after a bad weather diversion.
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#2 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:55 am

Better to wait, listen, lookout and pay ( a little more) and avoid this kind of tragedy...



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#3 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:06 am

So do Blackpool no longer have ATC? Been in there many times and always did then. She should have told the stoopid parachutist in free fall to hold off.
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#4 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:11 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
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So do Blackpool no longer have ATC? Been in there many times and always did then. She should have told the stoopid parachutist in free fall to hold off.

Blackpool has a promulgated ATZ and ATC and is also PPR. The parachutists were jumping at an airfield in Kent.
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#5 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:21 am

TheGreenGoblin wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:11 am
Ex-Ascot wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:06 am
So do Blackpool no longer have ATC? Been in there many times and always did then. She should have told the stoopid parachutist in free fall to hold off.

Blackpool has a promulgated ATZ and ATC and is also PPR. The parachutists were jumping at an airfield in Kent.
You were understandably confused by this...

While it is is highly unprofessional to get involved in a debate with ATC in flight, and probably pointless thereafter, I do have a scintilla of sympathy for this guy having personally been forced to wait 20 minutes recently for a bunch of parachutists

What a difference a word can make. Mea culpa.
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#6 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:56 pm

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#7 Post by Woody » Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:48 pm

Lots of rotary action from the Cheltenham direction this evening and seeing as no favourites won today, guess that bookies are using them!
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