Bigdog wrote:
Are you sure it's FlyingJ or is it an independant tire dealer next door.
That's the rub. He owns the station, the tire store, etc. It's a complete setup owned and operated my Mark Yardley. It's not a corporate location for Pilot Flying J.
Here is the official statement from Pilot Flying J
"Pilot Flying J’s relationship with the Flying J Travel Plaza locations in Scipio and Beaver, Utah, – both locations owned and operated by Mark J. Yardley – is limited to leasing the diesel islands from those stores. This relationship allows Pilot Flying J’s extensive customer base access to fuel at strategically located travel plazas in its fuel network. Pilot Flying J has no direct control over the non-diesel products or services that the locations offer, including any adjacent repair shops. Pilot Flying J does not own or operate Goobers' Service, Goobers & Gomers Service, Oak Creek Tire or any other repair shops at these locations."
The only problem with their statement is that the Pilot Flying J logo also appears on the regular islands - not just the diesel islands.
The moral of the story is that those locations should be avoided, or at the very least, travelers should exercise situational awareness when using those locations. Does it make Pilot Flying J look bad? That's up to the eye of the beholder.
