As far as im concerned, gateway 2 (APS MCC) wont be closing, however you will have to pay the TR up-front, whereas the ab-initio and gatway 1 students get no up-front TR fee. I'm confused whether this means that their TR is bonded, or whether the 'all-inclusive' prices of their partner schools truly cover the cost of the TR entirely with no need for any bond? They'll soon only take cadets from their future flying programs so any 'whitetail' cadets without the RyanAir APS MCC won't be accepted in 2 to 3 years time (
https://www.insta (remove this) gram.com/p/C3z2nupMrIs/). This is my understanding of it. The pilot recruitment manager (Angelo Currao) said that they're looking at increasing the TR price from the current EUR 30K on a previous Instagram Live. FTEJerez are UK CAA approved for their standard APS MCC (
www.caa.co.uk/publication/download/13488) so hopefully their gateway 2 APS MCC will be applicable to both your EASA and UK license.
Where did you hear about the gateway 2 potentially closing? If this is the case in the future, Wizz will have a huge selection of cadets to choose from. Save yourself a bit of money since theyll train you on their own APS MCC too, and obviosuly the A320 TR (not sure if thats bonded or not). Alternatively, do your modular training and look at the new LoganAir mentored APS MCC with CRM Aviation (
https://www.loganair.co.uk/info/care...ps-mcc-course/). There's a few apparent hiccups (
Aurigny Air Services-3) with LoganAir (
Loganair-3) at the moment but theyve grown well since FlyBe's collapse with 2 ATRs on order at the moment.