Work door security at a Reggae bar when Shabba Ranks is doing a closed set.. you learn quickly how to deal with confrontational situations and keep them low key hehe. That way you are ready to handle the times where the guy gets out of a cab at closing time , runs full speed across the parking lot with a machete in his hand yelling "I keel you blotclot sissy boi" to the guy coming out who earlier whooped his butt after he got caught with the machete mans wife. That's when my dog and the two off duty policemen with Beretta's at the door with me come in handy as mediation devices.
We are not THAT extreme at FF I don't think hehe.
*looks around and prays there are no machete wielding crazies* Uhm...No...No, I don't think you need to be that extreme. LOL
That's the one thing with FliteTest people - I don't think any of us are inclined to be straight up rude, or confrontational, especially at something like FliteFest. It's about just having a good time.
About the only time I could see needing to call in "crowd control" would be if you had some completely rowdy people who decided to bring a kegger and do night flying, or in California (and because it's legal here) break out the "wacky tobaccy" and trip on the colors of the LEDs on a Versa Wing. Now that I've said that, I'll say something my mother always says to me when I try to think of every possibility in planning out events:
"Don't borrow trouble!"
So, for those going (I won't be able to get out there from California; I'll probably end up volunteering if we have a FFW again, though!), have fun, make planes, and if those planes crash, make memories.
