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Old 15th Jan 2007, 21:16
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DeltaSix
 
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Originally Posted by 404 Titan
A good look around Bankstown or Moorabbin airports will tell you there is something seriously wrong with the flying training industry in Australia. When I learnt to fly at Bankstown in the mid 80’s it was the busiest airport in the southern hemisphere. You had to book weeks in advance to get a flying lesson. Today it’ a ghost town. Moorabbin’s the same. Almost all the training at Parafield and Jandakot is cadet training for foreign airlines, mostly from Asia. This leaves Archerfield. It too is in a steady decline.

I agree...... it's a shocker. And I thought I was the only who has noticed it.

What's worse is I''ve heard the BK schools will probably will have to move to Camden.

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