Originally Posted by
pilotbm
Those numbers are totally misleading.
The lawyer is making out the school has only had 5 graduates, which is totally false. Over 65 CPL graduates have completed the Box Hill diploma and passed CPL flight tests.
A big portion of the 200+ registered by Gordon have only studied at Soar/Box Hill for less than 2 years - which means they would never have completed the course at this point anyway. Plenty more graduates at both campuses are very close to completing their CPL.
Soar/BHI’s biggest mistake is signing up people who never had the aptitude or attitude to study their way their way to a CPL - thinking they can rock up to 2 x 3 hour classes each week, and be presented with a CPL at the end of the 2 years regardless of their effort.
And that's 65 CPL Graduates over how many years? The fact that Soar/BHI took on students without vetting them first for some aptitude is a big mistake they have to own up to and it's going to cost them. It's not exactly rocket science that not everyone is going to make it and sometimes you have to make the hard decision to tell some people they just don't have it. If Soar/BHI were happy to keep taking peoples money knowing they had little chance of graduating within the amount quoted then it is their responsibility to speak up and give the Students the choice. If they haven't and just decided to let them bleed dry then that makes them money hungry grubs who will be dealt with.
Basically none of what you said has put them in any better light and when compared to Industry Average I think you'll find them far below and it'll come out in this case why and to what extent.