Though I cant comment on the heli issue since I'm not a rotorhead, yet, I have first hand experience in the past two months of CAA screwing up twice , costing me time, frustration, a lot of phone calls and a lot of money to fix their incompetence.
Seems that in general (as there are a FEW individuals trying very hard to provide good service) there is a distinct lack of professionalism coupled with an old nationalist party 'vervolgings-waansin' prevalent in SACAA, theyd rather scr*w you over than help you, the
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