Having spoken to my management team at BGS, we can take on the Tayside modular ATPL theory students at no extra cost to themselves other than exam fees. In other words if they have paid for the full Tayside course they can join BGS wherever they are in their studies, we will not charge anything and we will take them through to the end of ATPL theory for free. BGS are both UK and EASA approved so it opens the option of going for both licences. Distance learning, though, not classroom based, but an effective course none the less. For Tayside students on flying courses we cannot recover money paid in advance to the defunct company but we can help place them with other ATOs through the Wings Alliance which offers both advice on which ATOs to choose and the optional path of the WA supervising their flying training, making sure proper training records are kept etc. I imagine that ACS will pick up most of the flying business but WA will happily act as intermediary if anyone wants us to. Please contact Henry at
[email protected] and register with WA at wingsalliance.eu, also free. For those not familiar Wings Alliance is a not-for-profit support community for modular students, and it does not take commissions or back handers from flight schools. This plan requires approval from the UK CAA, who I have emailed this evening, but I would be astonished if they say anything other than 'yes please'.