Originally Posted by
charliealpha
Let's put the truth here about housing accomodation and vehicle rentals, instead of rumours and ranting:
The housing accomodation costs did increase, this is true. The truth is, costs actually increased as of November 1st, but we did not raise the students costs until January 1st, so that students could plan ahead. There was no discrimination against Europeans, as indicated by one ranter, but an overall cost increase all the way across the board, even for American time builder students. The only exceptions to this at this time are those students who are signed up for a course, such as the Pro Course or Airline Pilot Programme that housing costs are already included in. The changes to the housing costs were posted on our website December 1st.
To be fair, I was informed of the price/policy change two days ago. You updated the sales side of the website, under "about EFT". Why would one of your students since '05, who signed up for the proffesional licences months ago read this part of the site? Even now the site is still incorrect, with no mention that your $35 a day includes car hire. The Aviator site is also out of date, still offering accomodation for $500 or $600 dependent on location, hence the "rant", as the website hasn't been updated weeks after the change.
This is how the system works: the cost of $35.00 per day includes housing and transport. There is a shuttle which runs every 2 hours back and forth to the apartments, and each apartment includes a shared car between the two occupants of the apartment. Once you arrive for enrollment, you are assigned the vehicle and added to the insurance policy for that vehicle. Yes, they are insured!!!!! All our current vehicles are late model economy sized vehicles, not junky or mechanically unsound.
If you are unhappy with what we offer in terms of housing and transport, then there are plenty of motels that are not within walking distance of the school, and you can rent a car from a rental car agency. The choice is yours. Our accomodations are offered as a convenience to our students.
Anybody having questions regarding things shown on pprune about E.F.T. should contact the school directly.
None of the original complainants have commented on the insurance issue. The issue has and always was the fact that we no longer had the cheaper option to buy and insure our own car, which is much cheaper. I personally enjoyed owning and running an old American car. We could own/rent a jap car in the UK, part of the experience of being at EFT previously for me was taking part in the american lifestyle and buying an American car, or at least having the choice to. Yes we have the option of sorting out our own accomodation, but it is a bit difficult when we are informed 6 days before flying to Florida! Myself and a fellow student saved a fortune the last time we were out in Florida with EFT, owning and running a fantastic American convertible, which was fully legal.
Just to add that I did receive a call from the head of EFT tonight to discuss my concerns over these issues. It was grateful for the phone call and we addressed the issues concerned. This was the customer service you expect from such a top school such as EFT.