I did my Multi and IR there in 1999 and made a similar posting to this one. They were excellent in every way.
I am eternally frustrated that large schools with glossy advertising departments are perceived as offering the best tuition whereas in fact it is to be found in crumbling post war huts on the shaby side of places like Hurn Airport.
If I were doing my IR again today I wouldn't be off to Kiddlington, Cranfield or Jerez. I'd be looking at Bournemouth, Exeter, Staverton, Perth, Coventry, Leeds or some other airfield boasting a smallish professional FTO which has been in business for many years.
Seriously - a Well Known CAAFU of Scottish extraction who conducts IRTs day in day out is of the belief that the best school in the country is currently based at Coventry.
Glad to hear that PAT continue to flourish.
Lets hear more of the same folks. I often concern myself that all you ever get to read on this forum is how rubbish school XYZ is and how useless the training was. Most people have a mostly positive experience during professional flying training. Lets hear all about it.
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