Yes I think the basic premise is that you could have one AOC, not multiple AOC's with one HOFO and central administration. In reality what you have done is make one large flying school with multiple bases, as of course all bases follow one AOC administered by APTA. While each may operate independently they must all comply with guidance from 'mother'. You might be able to incorporate individual site variations within the OM package but it would be hard to get away with 'multiple' OMs for each site. Each base then becomes APTA trading as '(insert flying school here)'. There is nothing to say that each base facility can not be financially separate to the main central facility, such as club rooms, facilities and aircraft and even staff.
As an example I can only see it working this way;
'Sunday' flying group wants to start a flying school, they have a small fleet and 100 members with club facilities at X airport. Costs of establishing a working AOC, way too high, however lets contract APTA to run the school with its management staff and we provide the facilities and fleet. APTA charges for use of the AOC and provision of management such as HOFO and safety department, pays an on site CFI and instructors. 'Sunday' takes fees and hourly rates to pay for operations and passes the relevant funds to APTA for it's services.
Last edited by 43Inches; 17th Mar 2022 at 02:23.