attn: foreign spotters at AMS

[Harry Spotter]

Especially for foreign spotters who come to visit AMS:

Please stay in the viewing locations where you are allowed to be.

2 months ago some Germans blatantly positioned themselves in front of the 06-24 spottersplaats, past the shoulder height fence, blocking other peoples view, pissing off quite some people.

Today, I saw 2 Frenchmen near the 18L line-up on the other side of a big (closed!) fence (where Schiphol dumps it's left over construction material). Security was talking to them, not sure if they got fined. I don't know how they got in there, but it's quite obvious that that place is not public property.

This kind of behaviour damages the reputation of spotters around Schiphol. I'm not saying that Dutch people are all saints and don't these kind of things (it'll definitely get discussed when seen), but would be good if frequent visitors from our surrounding countries could also chip in to prevent this kind of behaviour.
So please also spread the word about "spotting etiquette" among your fellow spotters who are not from Holland.

Thank you.

[Key]

Before we have misunderstandings on this: obviously the vast majority of foreign enthusiasts behave very well, possibly better than the Dutch. It is however striking that two incidents being noticed - the only two announced here in a long time - involve visitors from abroad. I assume Harry mainly means: the rules apply to ALL.

Erik

[Harry Spotter]

Yes, of course the rules apply to us all. No question about that. But generally our own questionable behaviour is discussed here among ourselves (in Dutch) quite regularly. I assume that some visitors from abroad do not visit Scramble very much or can't always follow what we discuss here (again, often in Dutch). So it would be great if the foreign spotters that do have a peek at Scramble every once in a while spread the word among their own local spotter friends.