We are ready bright and early in Rio to go to the international airport and fly north.
The transfer did not show up at 07:30, stuck in traffic.
We get 3 cars from the hotel and we are on our way..Took less than 30 mn to the Main Airport, but we could see the horrendous traffic going to town.
But...then under the impression I had to go and ONLY pay the fees for our parking, I sent the participants to prep their plant and I am doing the billing...This took about 10 mn per invoice, then I am told that as the captain I have to file the flight plan myself for the 3 planes....this tops another 45 mn, because my printed form is not good, I have to rewrite the FP and then the guy use my printed FL form with the route to enter in the computer...What a waste of time and a fantastic example of ineffective bureaucracy..
Wondering why we pay a handler?
Then we launch and this time the startup and the ground movement do work pretty well.
The transfer did not show up at 07:30, stuck in traffic.
We get 3 cars from the hotel and we are on our way..Took less than 30 mn to the Main Airport, but we could see the horrendous traffic going to town.
But...then under the impression I had to go and ONLY pay the fees for our parking, I sent the participants to prep their plant and I am doing the billing...This took about 10 mn per invoice, then I am told that as the captain I have to file the flight plan myself for the 3 planes....this tops another 45 mn, because my printed form is not good, I have to rewrite the FP and then the guy use my printed FL form with the route to enter in the computer...What a waste of time and a fantastic example of ineffective bureaucracy..
Wondering why we pay a handler?
Then we launch and this time the startup and the ground movement do work pretty well.
I forgot to mention the night before we had a great dinner and Steve went for the Oriental Restaurant, then we had a Sake Bottom's up competition.....the near perfect way to prepare a long flight the next day.
we had a beautiful arrival in Salvador under exquisite skies
The flight did progress well but we had to do a deviation of nearly 70 nm off course to avoid some build-up that top at 45,000 feet.
Here is our track
While I was at the main terminal ready to pay the fees and file the flight plan, same as I did in Rio, I am checking the weather and the satellite and made the decision that going to Belem that afternoon would be a pretty bumpy ride and very wet.
So we are staying in Salvador for the night and heading to the Covento.
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