@ibra: my first annual was 3000 eur
In the meanwhile I had the following major squawks:
and I added:
Wishlist:
We should investigate the possibility of EuroGA fly-in being guests of local aeroclub and avoid handling cost 
The airport (and their handler) was really only concerned with my Sunday departure. If you do a fly-in with departures and arrivals outside the weekend in wintertime, Chambéry reverts in a relaxed airport like most of them in France. Airport parkings were quasi empty on Thursday and quasi full on Sunday.
Nice read. Thanks Niner_Mike.
This reminds me of the last time I was there, in 2017.
This was for stopping at the Aeroclub apron for 30 minutes to pick an instructor and continue LFLJ.
We protested and they issued a credit note, but I never got the money back.
Anyway, I practice LFLB on the sim for commercial ops, but never got to fly there in the real world with pax.
@loco Now you got me worried! What airplane was this for?
loco wrote:
This was for stopping at the Aeroclub apron for 30 minutes to pick an instructor and continue LFLJ.
The French pilots think of Chambery as the natural alternate for Courchevel but in fact I changed my normal planning to Aosta as it is actually closer and much easier. Only problem is that the road seems to be blocked in winter so not easy to get there by car from France.
Now you got me worried! What airplane was this for?
MTOM 3.3 tons
The 1000€ handling charge only applies when you either land or take off on a Saturday.
The 1000€ handling charge only applies when you either land or take off on a Saturday.
Regardless of their excuse, it’s just a ripoff.
Regardless of their excuse, it’s just a ripoff.
I think it’s to manage traffic… if you’ve ever landed there, it’s a bit like an altiport where you have to depart the same way you flew in. So someone landing blocks the whole airport (IFR) for anyone else departing, I think, I could be wrong.
On Saturdays they have a lot of flights and (at least used to) have transport jets etc carrying many thousands of passengers so presumably would want to prioritise these over SEP traffic.
