Thks for your replies but my friend wants to keep his kid in Ak. FYI his kid got a letter of confirmation back from Simuflight on FRiday. Apparently if you pull off the course or fail a few checks you get chopped and lose your money.????? Please note that we are taking about some serious dollars here like 10 to 20 K$. He phoned this outfit to query the credit rule and was told that this is a standard practise at Massey and was approved by the Education ministry. All sounds like one big rip to me.