According to the “L3 to close Hamilton” thread, they are going to consolidate in the UK and Portugal.
Perhaps it is the new aviation manoeuvre called a U-turn? Or maybe “responding nimbly to the rapidly changing business environment”?
it would be best if both L3 and CaE just shut completely and left what little demand for commercial pilot training will be left to the smaller, specialised ATOs. Why do they bother with such peripheral activity? Their reputation among pilots is in tatters (see “L3 the final shafting”) which will eventually come back and bite them in other much bigger revenue generating areas such a simulator sales.
Moving training centres around is just throwing good money after bad. Perhaps it is executive egos, just unwilling to admit they made a mistake in getting involved in takeovers of established training companies?