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Great stuff!!
(Although I have never been like this at an FBO) :erm:
Nah, Gulfstream captain would have been better.
This 100%.
I know Gulfstream Commanders who describe their plane as a "big airplane" and even develop company SOPs to taxi at very slow speeds because of its size...No $hit not kidding.
Sat next to some GV guys in CYOW the other day in the concierge lounge. Overheard them talking so you know how most pilots are, hey what do you fly, how do you like it, you know the usual stuff. Well, my co-captain and I got up to go get another drink and when we got back, the GV guys had shifted over a table so they wouldn't have to talk to us lowly Hawker pilots. What a bunch of stuck up jerks.This 100%.
I know Gulfstream Commanders who describe their plane as a "big airplane" and even develop company SOPs to taxi at very slow speeds because of its size...No $hit not kidding.
Sat next to some GV guys in CYOW the other day in the concierge lounge. Overheard them talking so you know how most pilots are, hey what do you fly, how do you like it, you know the usual stuff. Well, my co-captain and I got up to go get another drink and when we got back, the GV guys had shifted over a table so they wouldn't have to talk to us lowly Hawker pilots. What a bunch of stuck up jerks.
I'm telling ya I nearly lost my $hit when a dorky, premature balding Gulfstream Commander (who posts on these boards BTW) told me "you have to taxi this big airplane at a very slow speed"
This 100%.
I know Gulfstream Commanders who describe their plane as a "big airplane" and even develop company SOPs to taxi at very slow speeds because of its size...No $hit not kidding.
Typical corporate pilots! Great video.
Sitting in my G550 initial, the instructor started the lecture by saying "Now, this is a REEEEELLLLY big airplane so when taxiing...". So, I was thinking he was kidding so I start snickering. (Having been taxiing MD80's around with the long turn radius--yeah, I know, it's not even a "big" airplane but that's the point.) Well, he wasn't kidding.
TC
yeah but when was the last time you taxied your Mad-Dog into the gate with less then two wing-walkers and a marshaler, or had to squeeze onto a ramp full of airplanes on your own like you do in Nantucket on a Friday in summer?
I rather take the heat from you guys instead of my boss because I just bent a wing tip on a snow drift or someone else's airplane.
Just my $.02
Sorry, I can't find where it says on the open taxiway and most of us "taxi" onto the ramp. Can't remember the last time I shut down on the taxiway and was tow onto the ramp.
Gulfstream 200 said:I did my CAM thesis on the hidden dangers of FBO ramps and how to develop SOPs to minimize the associated risks as much as possible.