It would appear everybodies favourite flying school people are at it again... this time in the guise of "Cotswold Flying Club" see: The Cotswold Flying Club @ Kemble
Apparently the company is "TIA flight training Ltd" now
Yet another manifestation of this guy Shanley...
I heard a rumour that he was fired from the other place and was so agrieved he went off and started yet another school. Must be worth following up??
After reading through the "impressive" waffle, the only thing that was left out was the names of the owners or directors or any management for that matter.
This must ring alarm bells for anyone! It did for me!
flybuddy
"It is bad enough having a lot of money taken from you, it is even worse to be slandered as well."
Welcome to British/European law!! Law is not about justice! I learnt that a long time ago. No wander people are tempted to take the law into their own hands.
Companies House Law on Disclosure of Business Information
It has long been the law that any limited company and limited liability partnership follows certain disclosure requirements on company stationary, but from Jan 2007 this now includes company websites and emails. £1,000 fine for non compliance!
Im the sole director of TIA Flight Training Ltd t/a Cotswold Flying Club.
I would appreciate if you have a complant about my company you bring it to my face and not post rumours about me on this internet. I, Liam Kelly have only been involved in the aviation industry for no more than two months. I have had nothing to do with any of the other flying schools on the airfield on a business level at all. I joined The Flying Club Kemble <a href="http://www.theflyingclubkemble.com">The Flying Club Kemble</a> back in Feb 2008 as a student where i passed my PPL. Pawl Shanley was at the time working at The Flying Club Kemble on ops as i beleave Ed Hewertson and Pawl Shanley merged Propstar Flight Training Ltd and TIA Aviation Flight Training Ltd (the old BCT) back in late 2007. Pawl recently left Propstar Flight Training Ltd <a href="http://www.flypropstar.com">Propstar</a> PropStar Aviation - Private aircraft travel from Gloucestershire to concentrate on Trans-International Airways his aircraft charter brokerage. This is when i approced Pawl asking him to give me some guidence into running my own flying school, as he was short of office space i agread to rent him space to run the flight charter company from my new offices on D-site, Kemble. I asked Pawl if he minded me using the name TIA for my new venture and he abliged and gave me permision, i then decided to trade as Cotswold Flying Club under the TIA Flight Training Ltd banner. TIA Flight Training Ltd is a new company and im the sole director, it has no connections with any other company that may have been present on the airfield in the past.
Iv had a read of the other threads on this forum and see that some of you are looking for Mathew Litton, i belave you will find he is running another company on the airfield LAW Aviation ltd <a href="http://www.lawaviation.aero/">Law Aviation Ltd</a> LAW Aviation - Home
If any one would like to discuss this matter further or belave any one owes you money etc then please feel free to get in contact, our offices are based on D-site at Kemble airfield, accross the road from the old BCT office. Our phone number is 01285 898229 or my email is
And please don't post any more coments about my buiness, i have told you all i know and hope this informs you of anything you did not already know.
It must have come as a shock to read this thread. But perhaps, having read it, you can appreciate how and why it came into being.
I hope you do well with your business and keep your punters happy. The first step on the road to achieving this is to ignore everything Pawl Shanley says. Be straightforward with everyone, abstain from bullshit, and you will go far.
Liam, make sure you get a solicitor and an accountant to check over all of the paperwork you inherited from PS. Everything. Get them to go back as far as possible. It'll be worth the expense, believe me. You need to know ASAP about the contents of all closets.
I suspect that Liam Kelly is a victim of fate. Anyone whose dreams are shot down simply because they found themselves in the same office as Pawl Shanley deserves sympathy. But it does look as though someone at Kemble has finally become aware that Mr Shanley is not doing much for their reputation, and they took appropriate action.
I can't imagine Pawl Shanley's business — TIA or whatever he wants to call it — surviving long in the current climate, wherever they're based.
It is rumoured and this is a rumour network, that a new flying training company recently set up at Kemble airfield are no longer trading!!
It is further rumoured that the two individuals concerned are off to sunny Spain to set up a flying school at Jerez!!! UMMM isn't there a big flying organisation there? Seems like an awfully good business idea to set up there me thinks!! NOT....I wonder who could have dreamt of such a thing!!
Incidently guys it seems all those who purchased trial lesson vouchers this xmas may not get their flights due to the on going politics on Kemble airfield and the supposed cessation of trading of said company!
Can I have a show of hands of those who are not surprised at this information......
As these fellas have now gone the way of the dodo I feel like sharing my tale of woe, though not nearly as great a woe as other posters.
Last year I was interested in starting my PPL again. I have 32 hours gained under the BCT banner a few years back and although they may not count much for my skills after all that time I thought that I'd best get some proof of them in any case. I called the CAA and they said to get copies of my student records or draw up an affidavit with a solicitor.
Queue phone call to Cotswold Flying Club to ask about my student records. They were politely obstructive at first. They claimed ignorance of their responsibilities under the CAA to keep student records for BCT students. I have a letter from Aero School Kemble saying that they'd taken on the BCT membership. Am I incorrect in thinking that Aero School Kemble later became or was incorporated into Cotswold Flying School? I eventually got through to Pawl Shanley himself and I asked politely what the story was. He had to close all the doors and windows in his office before he spoke because he said it was noisy. I did not hear any background noise. Never the less we got talking and Pawl pointed the finger at Matt Litten but said he'd do his best to help me out and phone me back if he found anything.
That phone call never came so I contacted Matt Litten who I don't know very well, but he wasn't very surprised to be blamed when I contacted him to ask about the records. His story is exactly as put forward in this thread. He agreed to sign anything that might be necessary to verify my logbook as true.
I have yet to call in that favour but thank you Captain Matt!
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They claimed ignorance of their responsibilities under the CAA to keep student records for BCT students.
I think you are a little confused here. BCT were a Registered Facility and the Responsible Person nominated in the application for registration is the person who is responsible for all Training Records. There is no legal requirement to keep such records for any finite period of time though the CAA recommend 3 years. There is no documented procedure to deal with Registered Facilities that cease trading other than that they are required to notify the CAA that they are no longer trading. In the past, records from RFs that have notified their demise have been sent to the CAA for safe keeping. They should not be transferred to another organisation. You should ask the CAA for details of the responsible person!
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