I’d be more concerned with the airports that were once hubs of pilot training in this country that are nothing more than shopping malls with a runway attached.
Want to know why nobody is being trained privately in this country any more? Greedy owners of these once buzzing (literally) training airports don’t want pesky light aircraft detracting from their core business of fleecing customers so they make it very clear they’re not welcome. Sky high leases, parking fees, movement charges all make the business of training the next generation of aviators a non sustainable business. Throw in a ridiculous amount of red tape from CASA bureaucrats and is any wonder places like Bankstown and Essendon are ghost towns compared to 20 years ago.
I applaud any investor willing to spend money here to train pilots. The Chinese aren’t the problem. Westfield and CASA are.