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Old 2nd Jun 2021, 23:12
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Hats.On.To.Fly
 
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CAE bought the Oxford name specifically, as portsharbourflyer said it has been exported globally, Oxford Melbourne, Gondia in India, and most recently Saudi. I can't see them selling the name but they certainly have been trying to ride the brand hard.

As for the CAE Oxford site, many of the instructors have taken redundancy, and contractors told their services are not required, instructor numbers are down from 18-20 to 6. From 5 Senecas there are now 2, the rest gone to Oslo and Antwerp but still 4 or 5 C182s. 2 of the 3 FNPT2 sims have left for Antwerp too. Regarding students there, all the ground school has been moved over to Crawley/Gatwick, CAE have a large simulator facility there, the flight students look to be drying up slowly too, either back to basic training in Phoenix or all in EASA-land.

Rumour is that the airport want the building back to demolish and rebuild with a new ATC tower, along with the student halls near the entrance.

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