Does anybody know if FCL have analysed where the studying population is coming from?
There are a lot of people on the ATPL threads in PPrune with Northern addresses.
The choice of schools is a personal matter. But as a national body the CAA must have a duty to establish a reasonable distribution of centres around the country.
At the moment, it is skewed towards the SE (Garwick, Silsoe, Oxford).
It would be interesting to hear a view from FCL direct why they think there is no perceived demand for a centre in the North and how many current ATPL (A) and (H) students are distributed in the area 052 030N through to 055 000N (North side of Birmingham to Carlise) who may find it quicker and less costly to attend an exam centre in the Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds triangle.