IFTA
Stephen,
I was thinking of you guys during the hurricane - glad to hear the business survived and more importantly that everyone is OK.
I attended IFTA in late 2001 and early 2002. Despite a crazy series of setbacks (this was just after 9/11) including the airport being closed for several days due to being 9.9 miles away from a nuclear power plant and having a ten mile restriction cut right through the airport...) I got my training CPL and Multi IR done on time and actually ahead of budget. The instructors and Steven came in on days off, early and late etc. to help us all catch up on the time we lost due to the airport being closed.
The instructors were the best I've flown with (is Roy still with you? If not, what is he up to?) I was a 1000+ hour pilot at the time but I still learned more in my almost three weeks there than in the previous 1000hrs of flying. I flew with Steven only once but there was no doubt about his instruction ability.
Anyway, I work for a large US airline now and you can feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions about IFTA. If I needed more JAA training I would go back to IFTA. (Not paid by, employed by, friends with or otherwise related to anyone at IFTA, just a satisfied customer and when I see all the bashing I feel compelled to post).
Seatrump.