Stick with it Colin....It will make an excellent book ! Just add more sex and shopping....Can't fail !! Pay your hotel bills anyway..
Don't let the b..s...ds grind you down mate , Good luck . Mac McConnell-Wood ex G-BVZJ On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:12 AM, colin hales via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Colin hales > Subject: Not Flying in Japan > > The latest. > > The British Embassy were doing a very good job of helping me with my > application paperwork, even though they are very busy because it is raining > North Korean Missiles around here. But the JCAB did not like my hand > writing style. (Honest, that was their words! I just hope it was a loss in > translation.) So we got a message from Pathfinders. Pathfinders is ‘local > hero and Red Bull Air Race Pilot Yoshi Muroya’s’ own company. They also > organise the Red Bull Air Race in Japan and had offered to help me before. > > Some months back, Yoshi’s assistant had arranged a meeting with the JCAB > and myself, but the JCAB phoned her up the night before to cancel the > meeting saying the JCAB would only work with the British Embassy. Two > months later that had all changed again and now Pathfinders said they would > help me, once more with the JCAB. > > A meeting was held with the Pathfinders assistant, but she brought their > own agendas along. They had changed the route, wanted me to meet Majors of > Prefectures and expected me to fly into an airfield that was too short, > with no fuel or services. Pathfinders assistance would be free, but I was > expected to pay some $3,000 to cover handling agents fees at these > airfields on route. I agreed to all this. There was one main outstanding > item. I was yet to pay the parking fee at Niigata. I considered that was my > only remaining bargaining chip. If ever the JCAB completely refused to give > me flight permission, why would I pay the parking fees for being held up > over the last 6 months. But I agreed to pay the fees to be able to move on > and remove any stumbling blocks. I signed lots more application documents > to be sent to the JCAB and all was so pleasant with smiles all round. Ho ho… > > So reluctantly I paid the parking fees and sent a joke attached to lighten > the mood between me and the JCAB financial offices. Humour had been a major > player in getting the plane through Russia and surely it couldn’t hurt. I > told them I would pay the Parking Fees if they paid my hotel bills. > > The next day I was called into the British Embassy. Now, it is never good > news to read that the British Embassy need ‘a chat’ with you… Apparently > Pathfinders were wanting to pull out their support as I was being awkward > and the JCAB wanted to know why I expected them to pay my Hotel Bills? > > A lot of back pedalling was done and apologising emails were sent > everywhere. The British Embassy convinced Pathfinders to continue with > their assistance, but they said they were too busy now with the > organisation of the Red Bull Air Race and I would have to wait two weeks > till after it was over. I’m good at waiting, so took chance to look around > Japan for the two weeks up to the event. > > The Air Race was good, I went along. Yoshi won, so I thought Pathfinders > would be happy. I wrote a congratulation email to them, but left it a few > days for things to calm down before contacting Pathfinders again to > continue. But the same day I got a message from the British Embassy saying > that Pathfinders had told the JCAB that they had changed their mind again > and decided to remove their support weeks ago, but just not told anyone. > They will not tell me why or respond to my emails. I wondered why Air Race > Paddock passes and party invites dried up? Very Japanese. Also the JCAB > told me that none of the many application documents and letters I signed > with Pathfinders were ever sent in or submitted. So that was another month > wasted. But I can’t write to Pathfinders to find out why, in case I upset > them…? I’m fed up with this attitude, do you think I am not upset at > another month wasted??? > > The JCAB confirmed I would find it difficult to apply for flight > permissions myself, but I’m finding it impossible to apply with so called > agents apparently helping me. They are making it more difficult and really > just wasting everyone’s time. Today another agent contacted me, Peter > Steeger, saying the JCAB had contacted him to ask him to submit my > application paperwork. But Peter Steeger and I don’t agree on so many > issues. Anyway, I have had enough of being told what to do and being > advised to get help. I am fed up with handing my tour, my flight, my future > over to another third party as advised by the JCAB ever since I arrived. So > many agencies I have had to use to help with my application, and if you go > on results alone, the plane has not moved in 6 months. I have not received > any help whatsoever, just hindrance. I can't easily get access to my plane > now to inspect it. The brakes are a shocking mess and they took the fuel > out of my plane so i couldn't jump the fence and take off I expect. I mean > you can't or shouldn't upset the Japanese or make them loose face, but its > quite alright to act with such stupidity to cause me such offence. The took > the fuel out my plane. I mean come on... > > So starting tomorrow, I will fill out more application documents and walk > down to the JCAB office, I know where it is down town, and go and do what I > should have 6 months ago but was advised not to. I'll knock on their door > and hand them in myself. I have now amassed a lot of Japanese pilot and > engineer support for my flight, so with their help, I will put in the > applications. I can’t do any worse than anybody else in the last 6 months. > > There are still so many other avenues to investigate. But presently, all I > need to do is get a Japanese pilot or engineer at the three airfields I > intend to land at to agree to act as support, get the JCAB to like or > understand my writing and off we go. > > An interesting week ahead, but at least I will be in charge and doing > something. Just sitting back waiting for others not to help has really > upset me. But don’t tell the Japanese I am upset, it might upset them, and > we wouldn’t want that now would we… > > I hope you are all being successful in what ever you are trying to achieve. > > Cheers > > Colin. > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/ > krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
