another 1, Can I guess that Naples is the first and only school that you have been to? I have been a customer of several both as a student and as an hour builder and can assure you that the aircraft at Naples are in the best condition that I have seen training school aircraft . The manner in which the school is run together with the relationship between the management and customers is absolutely superb in my view. I did talk to a few people who were doing their basic PPL stuff and not one had a bad word to say about the place!
Regards your story about the colapsed gear, you sure you got that info first hand? I had a look at the FAA database and there is no mention of any such incident and since Naples is a towered airport, any such incident as you mention would have been reported. There is a couple of reported instances of solo students trying to bury their gear into the runway though!
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