Originally Posted by
uncle dickie
As FTEJerez are already approved by the UK CAA to conduct courses in Jerez, then UK weather must be a consideration.
Finding suitably qualified instructors may also be a factor. No doubt a business feasibility study will have been conducted either to ‘go it alone’ or a joint venture with an existing training provider.
In Scotland both DND & PIK might be of interest..?
Or - we could just look at the facts? Yes FTE is approved by the CAA but the UK IR familiarisation flights and skill test must be taken in UK airspace as per the regulations, nothing to do with weather, instructors or a more "rounded graduate". As FTE is already training for UK licences they must have an existing arrangement somewhere. In which case they wouldn't need a CFI as the existing ATO would already have one. More likely is that with the proposed BA cadets starting soon they feel the time is right to set up their own UK base - which will be an extremely expensive and relatively pointless way to go about it but it's their money to waste as they see fit.