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B757plt2B · February 25th, 2005, 18:56

How considerate of you to inquire about this. I'm sure people will have several opinions on this.
Personally, I think it depends on the type of airport you are flying into. If it is a relatively quiet airport with very little traffic, I don't see why you couldn't use the courtesy car to sight-see, etc. As long as you let them know what your intentions are and they seem alright with that, I'd say you can do whatever. At the airport I fly out of, we prefer that it be used by pilots to grab a bite to eat, but we occasionally let people take it overnight if they are leaving early in the a.m. since there isn't a whole lot of demand for it.
Remember, it is a courtesy car, so it would be courteous of you to put some gas in it after you use it. Airports don't make anything off the car and gas is expensive. I'm sure they would appreciate it, as well as the next person who uses it.
Of course, if the employees are rude and disrespectful, take it and drive the crap out of it!

Hope this helps and to anyone else, feel free to plug in the holes I missed or to correct me!

February 25th, 2005, 18:56	#3
B757plt2B Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 80	Re: FBO Courtesy Car Etiquette How considerate of you to inquire about this. I'm sure people will have several opinions on this. Personally, I think it depends on the type of airport you are flying into. If it is a relatively quiet airport with very little traffic, I don't see why you couldn't use the courtesy car to sight-see, etc. As long as you let them know what your intentions are and they seem alright with that, I'd say you can do whatever. At the airport I fly out of, we prefer that it be used by pilots to grab a bite to eat, but we occasionally let people take it overnight if they are leaving early in the a.m. since there isn't a whole lot of demand for it. Remember, it is a courtesy car, so it would be courteous of you to put some gas in it after you use it. Airports don't make anything off the car and gas is expensive. I'm sure they would appreciate it, as well as the next person who uses it. Of course, if the employees are rude and disrespectful, take it and drive the crap out of it! Hope this helps and to anyone else, feel free to plug in the holes I missed or to correct me!