We have had this in Norway for some years now.
I kind of like and dislike it. It certainly makes PPR simple. It also is a great place to put info about the airfield. It is useful, no doubt about it. But it doesn’t change the fact that PPR is PPR 
If I had to request, to go to Tesco, but not to go to Waitrose, guess where I would regularly buy my groceries?
Airfields are for aircraft to arrive at and depart from.
Yes there are a couple of special cases, and yes there are a couple where GA is welcome, but not the norm, so a request makes sense. But this really is BS for the main part.
Can anyone guess how this outfit plans to make money?
I asked them but got no reply.
Presumably they take a cut of the landing fee.
Airport can save staff costs if all PPR requests and payment of landing and parking charges are done online, so don’t mind losing party of the landing fee.
From a pilot’s point of view, I don’t understand the objection. You can now get PPR at any time, not just opening hours. Don’t have to chase up someone to pay your landing fee, and the airport becomes more financially stable.
Seems a win all-around.
Quote Does Smart PPR take a percentage of transactions?
No, we only charge a monthly fee for using our web based service, all PPR fees go direct to the airfield minus any fees taken by payment provider PayPal.
It seems they are living from subscription only…
From a pilot’s point of view, I don’t understand the objection.
Because if an aerodrome is open to the public, its open, I shouldn’t need to ask to fly there !!
The only places that you should need to ask permission for are private airstrips.
Car analogy: Would you expect to have to phone up and ask permission to drive to a shopping center? A public car park? Would you pitch up to a factory and expect to be let in to have a look around? Would you pitch up to someone’s house and expect to be able to leave your car in their driveway?
And don’t start telling me “apps” are the solution… I have spent the last couple of days trying to “plan” things to see and do in a big city … where you need to literally “reserve a slot” to visit pretty much everything….on a website or app or…. I just can’t help but think that 20+ years ago it was easier to pitch up, possibly queue, and get in…
Regards, SD..
Airport can save staff costs if all PPR requests and payment of landing and parking charges are done online, so don’t mind losing party of the landing fee.
There is an alternative way to save money, and it doesn’t involve an app: don’t have PPR
There are few reasons for PPR. I can think of these
Anyway, I posted the outrageous threat title because I really dislike this constantly growing vermin which is taking over the whole world. Even in my business (electronics) about 1/3 of the trade mags I get are selling compliance services.
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I really dislike this constantly growing vermin which is taking over the whole world.
It littered every industry, even the ones with very low regulation (if such exist now a days).
Peter wrote:
you have only 3 parking spots
Usually self-generated limitation either due to bad planning or no actual will for expanding business or no initiative to change something (“it’s like this since the airport has been built”). The example of airport we all like LDSB with official parking arrangement with situation that has never and will never happen there: 3 mid-size CAT jets at the same time.
