From our "we can only afford one landing today" file...

While trying to work touch-and-goes with a student in the traffic pattern at Daggett Airport, we were acutely aware of a pair of regional airline Fokker jets practicing the VOR approach to an intersecting runway. Each time they executed a missed approach, but we would hold short just in case they landed.

Finally, I keyed the mic and asked them if they were ever going to land.

Their curt response: "Negative, the company said they don't mind buying
the gas, but we have to buy our own tires."