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Old 18th Dec 2007, 07:47
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A and C
 
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Very little conection with BA

Now that the holding company AAA Ltd has been sold the BAFC has no direct conection with BA, however I don't see the standards of customer service changing in the short term.

In the long term I think that we will see a lot more investment at the airfield, this has to be good for both the airfield and BAFC.

The only area in which the BAFC could improve is publicity, they don't project well enough the fact that when they quote a price for an hours flying that is what you will pay. A lot of the other flying clubs in the area quote an attractive price and only when you committ to flying with them do you find out that they have to add VAT, landing fees, fuel surcharges "extra" instructor time and other charges to the price that you pay, some of these companys also have a very restrictive flying order book with rules slanted to require you to do more flying than is required by law.

Nothing is cheap in aviation but for what the quality of service the BAFC supplys it is very inexpensive.
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