SC
Getting Approval is not that difficult, if what I witnessed is the norm. Paper evidence alone appears to be the approval criteria.
When I was there we had 1 full time instructor, 2 towards the end (one was due to leave after we finished), the part timers sometimes didn't turn up. Staffing figures were allegedly 'massaged'.
Everyone on my course agreed that the GS was the weakest part of FTC.
The panic before a 'visit' was certainly noticable.
FTC are primarily an SA CAA School that do JAR, the SA CPL is their main professional course offered, the JAR students were the cash cows.
The location of the GS, unless now moved, had evening students, mainly South Africans, refusing to go at night for safety reasons, a known area for shootings, allegedly. This by the way is next door to the 'FTC Lodge'.
Once again, good luck to the 'rumoured' new owners.
FB