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Old 15th January 2007 | 12:56
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Pragmatic_Dragon
 
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Recent visit to DanFly

Just came back from visiting this "criminal" flight school, and agree with Pedro1's assessment.

I was told the following by Michael, the CGI:
  • Everyone who did have to pay extra for their type ratings were paid back.
  • Only one of the instructors from the old DanFly has stayed with the new organisation. The website has not been updated to reflect this.
  • The bankruptancy was brought about by a CEO, who abused his position and the school's finances.
  • Dennis Albaek is/was a student, but stayed on at the school as a temporary employee, because he had significant experience from a previous job that allowed him to do this one well.
The last point was what I expected before talking with Michael, plenty of students work in flight schools, and it is not wise to take a black and white approach to his status, making the school sound dodgy.

The first type rating point may be a case of one versus the other, in terms of who to believe, but for my ab-initio training, I have seen nothing to worry me.

I'm due to start out there in June, on the EPST scheme, and believe that they are a completely different organisation to the old DanFly, and that there may have been some jumping to conclusions on this thread.
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