When you are bored, waiting in an FBO...

[NuGuy]

Screw you guys...I'm going to start my own FBO...with blackjack, and hookers.

Ahhhh, forget about the blackjack....and the FBO...

Nu

 

[Metro752]

14. How about a couple of sectionals, and approach plates. maybe mine fell out, into the mudpuddle you parked me in, and now they are a sodden mess.

Gooberette: What's a sectional?

The places where it's the only facility on the field and they don't have maps for the local area, haha.

 

[leardawg]

Every FBO needs to have high capacity toilets, ...

Ah, yes, like Al Bundys' revered FERGUSON!

http://www.albundy.net/episodes/show_pic.php?pic=season_3/05/305_016.jpg&h=480...

 

[NW_Pilot]

...what would you like to be doing?

[FONT=&quot]I am writing a paper on FBO improvements for a class I'm taking. I'm not a pilot, so I'm hoping to get suggestions from those of you who are constantly waiting around in an FBO, whether it is waiting for flight lessons, waiting around for your pax to return from a meeting so you can fly them home, etc.

If you were in charge, what amenities would the FBO have on hand for you, and would you be willing to pay a fee for any of them?

Assume your FBO has nothing. So include things like a couch, bed, tv, wireless internet, etc that you would like to remain in the FBO.

Thanks in advance for your input.
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FBO's need to have most the amenities that truck stops have like strip clubs in them or nude line girls. They could also use some condom/novelty machines and showers in the rest rooms & rooms you can rent by the hour. Yep, turn fbo's into seedy truck stops hahahaha!!!

 

[shortbus driver]

24 hour is one thing

It must be open 24 - 7 and then don't tell me you can't do something at night. There are too many places that are worthless unless you are there between 9 and 5. Magazines are good, but try to have something other than the plane buyer magazines...i fly for a living, i dont want to be pissed off that i can't afford some plane that a doctor uses to go golfing with. I understand that signature sucks, but in Savanah, GA it was great. They had free iced tea and lemonade as well as good coffee and hot chocolate. The people were nice. Thats all I can think of right now. Now I fly in Alaska and running water is a huge excitement

 

[Metro752]

Ah, yes, like Al Bundys' revered FERGUSON!

http://www.albundy.net/episodes/show_pic.php?pic=season_3/05/305_016.jpg&h=480...

woot woot, and to add to others posts as well, smokin hot counter girls who don't act all weird after you destroy the crapper. It's natural!

 

[woody]

Shortbus Driver,
Bring the ramp guys fresh donuts when you come back ANC!!! Goes a long way!!! Burger King hamburgers work well too. Stay away from that Native ice cream and Stinkheads, your Spincter will thank you!!!
Woody

 

[urflyingme?!]

I asked for a sectional once and the chick came back with an ifr training hood. NO JOKE!

Smoking hot counter girls! (st george ut cough st george ut)

 

[smellthejeta]

It must be open 24 - 7 and then don't tell me you can't do something at night. There are too many places that are worthless unless you are there between 9 and 5. Magazines are good, but try to have something other than the plane buyer magazines...i fly for a living, i dont want to be pissed off that i can't afford some plane that a doctor uses to go golfing with. I understand that signature sucks, but in Savanah, GA it was great. They had free iced tea and lemonade as well as good coffee and hot chocolate. The people were nice. Thats all I can think of right now. Now I fly in Alaska and running water is a huge excitement

Can I ask you to elaborate, seriously?

The problem that you might run into with midnight line guys is that certain things they do, they do so rarely that they forget or don't know how to do. Call it being non-current if you will. Other things are just flat out impossible to do at night, because not all of our resources are open late.

Need catering ASAP? Kitchen's closed dude.

Rental cars? Our on-site agency is a local brand. They have good cars that run well at a great price (considering it's an FBO). I almost always have cars in stock for walk-ups. It might not be what you want (mostly we have compacts and mid-size, larger stuff we need a day or so notice for) but it will be decent, have four wheels, and a full transmission However, if you want a "name brand" car, I can't get that for you in the middle of the night.

Need something from the store? The grocery store across the street closes around 2300. Getting to a 24 hour grocery store is "traffic" dependent. Company forgot your crew meals? In the middle of the night, you get Taco Bell, Dell Taco, Hot Dogs from 7-11, or Dennys. Don't yell at me 'cause your company f'ed up.

Other than that, I *will* pump you as much fuel as you want, get you a cab, get you a hotel room if I can find one, and promise to get you in bed or turned as quickly as possible.

P.S. Don't tell me your wet-lease company switched vendors and your preferred fuel prices have to get changed. That all gets done through my corporate offices. I *can* do a manual override, but certain things are opaque and I can't change it.

 

[VSI9k+]

Comfy chairs, wireless internet with a good signal, decent tv with cable, atleast 2 lounge areas, a line crew that is worth a flip, CSR's that have a clue, air condition carts, crew cars, good relations with rental car companies and hotels...there is more but im done.

 

[dumblonde]

How about a rec room with pool tables and dart boards.

Bathrooms with showers.

 

[iflyjets4food]

How about a rec room with pool tables and dart boards.

CMH has a pool table and a ping pong table (not much good for you solo drivers).

One thing that is an absolute must:

DON'T GIVE THE FREAKING CREW CAR TO SOME PASSENGER WHO JUST GOT OFF OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE AND DOESN'T WANT TO RENT A CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is rediculous. Crew car should be for the crew only.

 

[leardawg]

My "Fantasy FBO":

Denise Richards in short pants marshals me in.

I walk in, and see Catherine Bell, Angelina Jolie and Jessica Alba are working the counter.

The mens' room has private toilets with doors, internet monitors (on swivel brackets), and a video monitor to see if pax arrive when "pinching a loaf".

There is a secluded "stress relief room" with Lucy Liu giving "special massages".

There is a special "trap door" at the counter, which plunges the various obnoxious pilots, demanding pax, and shiftless line guys into the "pit of snakes and fire" in the FBO basement.

Emeril LaGasse is cooking free meals in the lobby corner. "Hey Sky King. Would you like to KICK IT UP A NOTCH?! BAM!"

The FBO hands out "Gift Bags" to pilots who purchase fuel (any amount), just like the celebrities get in Hollywood (I-Pods, jewelry, auto gas discount coupons, etc.).

You only have to ask for particular service ONCE, and be assured it will be done (and not get a call from pax saying they are 10 minutes out, only to find out the FBO still hasn't fueled the airplane, an hour after you placed the order!)

 

[dardar]

A pull-up bar and some basic weights would be great.

A comfy couch where nobody is bothered if I sleep on it for a few hours

Some free snacks.

Good bathrooms - important for ANY business.

 

[gkrangers]

My "Fantasy FBO":

Denise Richards in short pants marshals me in.

I walk in, and see Catherine Bell, Angelina Jolie and Jessica Alba are working the counter.

The mens' room has private toilets with doors, internet monitors (on swivel brackets), and a video monitor to see if pax arrive when "pinching a loaf".

There is a secluded "stress relief room" with Lucy Liu giving "special massages".

There is a special "trap door" at the counter, which plunges the various obnoxious pilots, demanding pax, and shiftless line guys into the "pit of snakes and fire" in the FBO basement.

Emeril LaGasse is cooking free meals in the lobby corner. "Hey Sky King. Would you like to KICK IT UP A NOTCH?! BAM!"

The FBO hands out "Gift Bags" to pilots who purchase fuel (any amount), just like the celebrities get in Hollywood (I-Pods, jewelry, auto gas discount coupons, etc.).

You only have to ask for particular service ONCE, and be assured it will be done (and not get a call from pax saying they are 10 minutes out, only to find out the FBO still hasn't fueled the airplane, an hour after you placed the order!)

An hour? Please, I flew into JYO in my trusty 172 and in 3 days they didn't fill it till I showed up ready to leave.

 

[Coool Hand Luke]

woot woot, and to add to others posts as well, smokin hot counter girls.......


That already exists (any self-respecting professional pilot would already know that):

www.fbohotties.com

 

[coloneldan]

I understand that signature sucks, but in Savanah, GA it was great. They had free iced tea and lemonade as well as good coffee and hot chocolate.

If you flew into the airport and taxied up to signature, it wasn't free. You paid $200 or more for that free tea, lemonade and hot chocolate. Either that or you bought a LOT of the most expensive fuel in the area.


1. A flight planning room is a requirement. WSI is almost as big a necessity as a computer.

2. Prompt line service. There is nothing worse than ordering fuel, or anything else and having to wait. Then ask again. Then ask again. Then explain to the passengers why you can't leave yet, and ask again. Then finally, go fuel the airplane yourself. (Yes, I have done this.)

3. Of course, hot line girls and counter girls are always nice.

4. Lots of COMFORTABLE chairs.

5. Air conditioning inside the FBO that actually works.

6. A nice pilot lounge.

7. A snooze room is often a BIG help.

8. Crew cars or some means of transportation to breakfast/lunch/dinner/hotel.

9. If you want to run people off in droves, charge outragious ramp fees. Or just high fees for everything. (Just copy signature's business plan.)

10. Those smoking hot gals are always a plus.

 

[Pantherjon]

FBO's need to have most the amenities that truck stops have like strip clubs in them or nude line girls. They could also use some condom/novelty machines and showers in the rest rooms & rooms you can rent by the hour. Yep, turn fbo's into seedy truck stops hahahaha!!!

So what truckstops have you been to that have strip clubs in them? In the 13 years I have driven a truck I haven't found one yet..I have found a couple where the strip club was 'nearby': down the block or so..And I have only been to a couple truck stops that I would call 'seedy', and fortunately I didnt stay there long..As an overall I can say from experience that truckstops are not the dives you think they are..Find a Flying J , Pilot, Petro, Loves or Travelcenters of America near you and actually visit a truckstop for yourself, you might be surprised at the eminities(sp?) they provide and the general cleanliness of them..We await your report

Cheers

 

[FlaZoomie]

Good looking FEMALE CSR's!!!!