Sh1t
I did some ab initio PPL training with Flightcorp and had a thoroughly good time doing so - I was the nervous Pom doing my first solo back at the end of 2002.
Was one of the POB's initials OW by any chance?
Very very sorry to hear it. My thoughts are with everyone down there in Nelson.
Rottenlungs
(edited cos I can't type)