Cancelled again! Not that big of a deal, but I didn’t really like the way it went down today.
I was originally booked on one of the two available 150s today for 1700. Around 1122 today, Mark cancelled me on the 150 and booked me on a 172 (BOF). I know this because I got an email from the booking system saying that this had been done.
I thought to myself, “Cool! I’ll get to fly in a 172 for the price of a 150,” and I was really looking forward to my lesson this afternoon.
Then, at around 1400 or so, Mark called and left a voicemail to tell me that my booking on BOF was cancelled. Wouldn’t have been a big deal if he just said that, but here is what he said, “I noticed that you were booked on BOF today. Unfortunately it’s got a problem with blah blah blah and I’m going to have to cancel your booking.”
You noticed that I was booked on BOF?! YOU booked me on that plane when you cancelled my 150 booking! What he should have said was that he had to cancel me on the 150 I had booked, and so he moved me over to a 172, but now the 172 had a problem and therefore that booking had to be cancelled as well. Well either that or “There is only one plane available today (due to circumstances out of my control) and I flipped a coin to see who got it and you lost…sorry.”
Anyways, I called the club when I got the voicemail, but Mark was gone. I talked to Agata and got the low down on what was going on. I’m not too upset about the booking getting cancelled, (although I did really want to go flying today) I just didn’t like the way it happened. Perhaps I’m expecting too much.
At any rate, I can definitely say that you can’t run a flying club with only one 150 on the go. I really hope that the other two are back online soon! Otherwise…I may not be able to get my license until sometime next year. :(