Covid killed it off only because no-one from Draken was out there touting for contracts while everyone else in the industry got on with it.
The Academy was scuppered by lack of investment in modern aircraft and a reliance on a big contract that dropped into their laps.
At every stage they promised far more to the customers than they could ever produce simply because the aircraft were old and tired - relics from DHFS.
The one modern aircraft was left in the hangar rotting for many, many months while they tried to decide whether to sell it or not - when they finally got it up and running, they closed the academy.
Still no excuse to treat the workforce so shabbily when they had worked so hard to make it a success.
I presume someone from Draken got you to sign up to PPrune and make your first post here.
Crab,
nobody made me sign up to comment on your post. I joined a long time ago but, have never felt the need to post.
I added my post to add some balance to the thread; that's not to say that I do not sympathise with what happened at Newquay. The writing was on the wall for a long, long time. I would suggest that there were, and continue to be, experiences at Bournemouth and TIA for most people that heavily contrast with those at Newquay.