What a mess, that fuel situation. Luckily not a sign-of-the-times but just a silly incident.
For once I get a bit of ‘extra return’ on the investment in Diesel engines 
I’ll be getting in on the sunday, so I suppose the Cappuccino rendez-vous point has been dismantled by then. Nonetheless I will be there at 18:00 trying to locate some nerdy pilots..
If I read the Albenga requirements correctly – here – you have to pass a website test to fly the instrument approach. So it looks like one has to cancel IFR to get in there.
Lugano does the same thing.
For those of you transiting Italy be aware of the strike tomorrow.
LIXX 1A5336/2014 01/09/2014 (IN FORCE)
RACS A) BRINDISI ROMA MILANO FIR
SPR B) 06 Sep 2014 10:30 C)06 Sep 2014 14:30
E) DUE TO STRIKE OF PART OF OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL FOLLOWING AIR
NAVIGATION SERVICES MAY BE AFFECTED:
1) LIBB, LIMM, LIPP AND LIRR ACC/FIC
2) ATS AND MET OBS PROVIDED BY ENAV, AT:
LIEA LIBD LIRQ LIRF LIPK LIBG LIEO LIME LICJ LIPE LIBP LIPQ LIRU
LIPZ LIMJ LICA LICR LIML LIMC LIMF LICC LIRN LIMG LIPB LIPY LIPX
LIBC LICD LIPU LICG LIMP LIQN LIMA LIMZ LIRA LIRI LIPV LIRZ LIBF
LIEE LIPO LICB
3) ATS/AIS/MET AND COM PROVIDED BY FLW UNITS:
- NOTAM OFFICE (NOF-AFTN LIIAYNYX)
- ATS REPORTING OFFICES WITH CENTRAL BRIEFING OFFICE CAPABILITY
(ARO-CBO ROMA-AFTN LIRFZPZX AND ARO-CBO MILANO-AFTN LIMLZPZX)
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTRE (ICC-AFTN LIIDYFYX)
- CENTRALIZED AUTOMATED FLIGHT PLANNING DATA OFFICE (AODO-AFTN
LIIRZEZX)
- GROUND GROUND COMMUNICATION MONITORING UNIT (CME)
4) METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING UNITS (UPM ROMA-AFTN LIURYMYF AND UPM
MILANO-AFTN LIUMYMYF).
REMARKS:
A) ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW 146/90 AND 83/2000
ATS/AIS/MET WILL BE PROVIDED TO:
- STATE/HEAD/FFR/MEDEVAC/HOSP/HUM/SAR/ATFMX AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT
- OVERFLYING FLT AND STATE AIRCRAFT
- INCOMING INTERCONTINENTAL FLT
- FLT TO/FM ITALIAN ISLANDS AND DEP INTERCONTINENTAL AS IDENTIFIED
BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
- ALL OTHER FLT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
B) DURING STRIKE ATS/AIS/MET MAY BE PROVIDED TO ADDITIONAL FLT
ACCORDING TO RELEVANT FLOW CONTROL MEASURES FOR LIBB LIMM LIPP
LIRR ACC ISSUED IN DUE TIME BY EUROCONTROL CFMU (CENTRAL FLOW
MANAGEMENT UNIT)
C) AVAILABILITY OF AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY
ATS/AIS/MET/COM UNITS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY SPECIFIC NOTAM
Q) LIXX/QXXLW/IV/NBO /E /000/999/4339N01139E546
Nous sommes arrivee!
Arrived at Les Arbousiers Hotel 13.00 local today
Sitting on the terrace at Les Arbousiers – not a soul in sight!
Arrived LFKC at 1130….sitting on the beach at Algajola….see you all at 18H
Anthony & Sarah
Calvi are supplying 50l per plane of avgas
The contaminated? Gotta get rid of it somehow and 50l of it won’t do too much damage, right? 
