Hamptons shmamptons and a JJ send off

the hamptons suck, or at least the airport does. rich folk have a rather poor reputation as far as being pilots is concerned. most rich folk like doctors and lawyers will learn the basic pilot stuff, go buy a really expensive plane ($300,000+, lovingly referred to as doctor killers) and proceed to never care to learn anything more than what they have learned and determine that whatever they are doing is correct. well. i submit to you exhibit A. east hampton airport, 3 runways. usually pilots will choose one runway to use as the winds will favor that runway (and no, there is no control tower to tell us where to go at this place and yes this is very common, more common than not actually.) so, 3 runways, pick one and stick to it. i get into the airspace and literally, every runway is in use. there are planes taking off and landing on each of the three runways. not only does this make the actual airport a cluster fuck but it makes the surrounding airspace unpredictable and dangerous. it seriously looked like a bunch of flies hovering around a pile of dog shit. unreal. needless to say i made it back alive but i will never go there again, at least not in season.
tonight the old NU crew got together to honor one of our fallen heroes. jimijames, JJ himself, is soon to be wed to his lovely gal. we took him out to dinner, to the dog track and then to the midway for some beers. i respect jj probably more than anyone i have ever met and can only hope that i enjoy his level of success someday. so cheers jj, you deserved every last bit of what you have, youve earned it all. one word though....roppongi.