Lee,
Thanks for your info on McDoanld's, but what has that got to do with flying
Ercoupes or gas cans? This is a tech site, lets just keep it that way.
Thanks,
Tony
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jerry,
I enjoyed your response to the rich fellow. However, I wouldn't eat any
thing cooked at a McDonalds, even if I bought it and took it in to the
restaurant. McDonalds use to be a reputable business, but no longer, at least
around where I live. Considering who the major stockholders are and who the
CEO is and the attitude and capabilities of a large portion of the employees.
I won't even drink their coffee anymore. When Ray Crock was the principle
owner and CEO they were clean and the staff was pleasant and capable. Crock
had the managers attend a McDonalds school before they took over a restaurant.
Many current managers can't spell, speak English, or make change.
Lee Browning
-- "Jerry Eichenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm going to chime in on this one since it is an emotional issue for me.
I'm a co-owner of the FBO at the Union County Airport in Marysville, OH
(KMRT).
Frankly, for what little fuel a C-85 engine burns, I can't understand the guy
who doesn't patronize his FBO. Yet, in a pinch, I bet that guy expects the FBO
to be there for him.
We have couple of guys at our place who buy fuel from another airport 20
miles away to "save" 15 cents a gallon. Of course, that other airport is
county run, so no FBO is paying rent, fuel flowage fees or income taxes. Yet,
those two guys have no hesitancy to drink our free coffee, sit on our nice
leather furniture in our pilot lounge and shoot the crap all morning on
Saturday, or eat our free popcorn.
Personally, I'd like to run them off. I don't deal well with cheapskates.
One of them owns a chain of McDonald's, and flies an A-36. He had the nerve
to ask me if our maint. shop would install parts he bought from some on-line
place. I told him we'd be glad to do that, so long as my entire staff could go
to the grocery, buy hamburger patties, and he'd cook them at his restaurant.
Jerry E.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:34 PM
To: Tandy Allen; ERCOUPE TECH
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Plastic Gas Cans
From what I understand, and I am not an expert or a physics professor, the
plastic can can cause a spark when dispensing the fuel since it is not
grounded. The airplane is grounded to the fuel system with the grounding cable
when pumping from an approved avation fuel system.
The cure is support your local FBO and buy fuel from them. They need the
business anyway and then you will be grounded when the fuel is pumped.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:13:11 -0800 (PST), Tandy Allen wrote
> At the last meeting of VAA 16, one of the guys cautioned against using
> plastic gas can to fill the tanks on an airplane. His reasoning was that the
> gas could develop a static charge by sloshing around which could lead to an
> explosion when filling the wing tanks on my Coupe.
>
> Now, I had two physics professors tell me that it couldn't happen but am
> always open to other arguments. Kinda important to me as I use auto gas and
> always use plastic gas cans.
>
> Tandy
>
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