Hi.
Getting married soon and i can get an EU passport through the wife so decided to pull the trigger on the 14 exams just in case.
I found Austrocontrol and their exam center in South Africa would be perfect, since im flying there for work several times a month anyway. But was chatting with some guys about my plans and now the second person mentioned that apparently several companies do not accept their certificate? So i did some digging, this school they were working with had this posted on their website:
Following the recent incident of cheating by an organised criminal network that took place during the Austro Control examinations in our facilities, Austro Control and Global Aviation have jointly decided to suspend all new applications from non-Global Aviation students until further notice. Students of other ATOs who have already begun their examinations will be exempted from this measure.
Its removed but with wayback machine you can still see the post on their website. Does anyone have more info about this? It would suck big time to do the theory exams if its worthless. Or is this the only school affected?
Is there any other EASA authority that is doing exams outside of EU in case this ends up being confirmed?
Any info is appreciated because this is a pretty big red flag.