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Misterpilot Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-04 01:29 PM
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52. Have you ever been fleeced by Mexican Officials?
Edited on Fri Jan-02-04 01:29 PM by Misterpilot
I flew a charter down there once to pick up a kid that broke a leg, we declared minimum fuel to get priority handling (we were down to 30 minutes due to bad headwinds), and once we landed the Mexican FAA was there. It cost me $600 US to get this guy to let us leave.

He came right out and said that it would take all my cash and that of my copilot to get us out of there or we would be held for days going through their administrative law system.

The corruption of their politicians and officials I think is the biggest reason they are still a third world country.
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