Hello everybody!!
Quick introduction (I got to know a few of you on the chat, but non the less) - quite new to FG, but not new to flying with long being on VATSIM as a pilot and ATC. I found the FG a very nice community and the new models/sceneries/weather really nice, might be the best free ones out there. Good word for the developers, wherever you may be!!
I did a bit of flying around and got to know very professional and nice ATCs and pilots. I wanted to help Lucas on the EHAM event with ATCing the app. and getting to know more of the community, but my gf had other plans for me that day (sorry Lucas for that).
The reason I write here, is after I had a little discussion with LH-1701 about EDDF on the chat, I got encouraged to write a message on the forum since honestly, I didn't find flying to EDDF very pleasant.
First of all, about this troll that seems to bother everyone. I wouldn't give it too much attention, or even better not to give it attention at all. The internet brings a lot of trolls, they come and go, especially if they are not given attention (we even have them at a professional stock market forum that requires validation to join, so if they go there, they are everywhere). It's a part of this being a free and open for all source. There also seem to be a few troll pilots around that also getting the chat full of messages (fighters bombing each other, or whatever that was).
So, about why I found it not pleasant to use EDDF. First time I tried to get to EDDF, I planned a flight at the end of the EHAM event from EHAM to EDDF (including sending a flightplan). The event in EHAM was great, real pleasure, and so I was arriving to EDDF to be greeted with very unpleasant messages, this is the full conversation (I even double checked in the videos on his website):
- ME: Good evening, inbound EDDF xx Miles out.
-EDDF: atis info. no runwawy info.
-ME: which runway?
-EDDF: how about answering my question, then I may be able to answer.
-ME: What was the question? I didn't see any question.
-EDDF: Welcome FRA... - are you inbound EDDF?
-ME: I never received that, and the first thing I said was "good evening, inbound EDDF" and stated how many miles out, protocol
-EDDF: sorry, you discuss with yourself - not with me - I have better things to do.
after that he just ignored me, asking me not to bother and generally making a very bad atmosphere, ruining my flightplan, as I couldn't land, since I planned to have a fully covered flights. I just closed the session and didn't land thanks to him. In that session he also ignored another pilot that was also in the event at EHAM with the callsign "AF1", which in the video had a remark that he takes off without permission, but I checked the video and it clearly never happened, since he got there with me in the same time ( he spawned at the gate).
since the message is getting long already, I would say that I tried to fly from EDDF twice more, and both time I got a very unpleasant response. Which is why I decided not to fly EDDF anymore (and why LH-1701 saw this chat I guess, since I was talking about it with another ATC). I was not surprised to find out, that there are actually many members (pilots) in FG that avoid EDDF because it's problematic attitude and the general feel.
So, I will stop here since it's already too long. Anyway, welcome to everyone, I am enjoying this community very much and will be an active part of it (as a pilot and atc as well), and thanks to LH-1701 that convinced me to write in the forum with the problems I encountered.
Let me know what you guys think