Ayla Aviation in Jordan?

[goneeast]

time to speak

Ive been watching this thread with interest for a while now and what is clear is that the Ayla students are completely missing the point in places
YES you perceive that your education is good up till now but I'll educate you in the harsh realities of the FTO world.

1. Expat instructors do not like being messed around with they are in the business for many reasons, but the single guys will walk out if they feel, rightly or wrongly, that they are in an unstable environment, the ones with families may take longer to walk, but walk they will given time.

2. Once ex pats start walking away from a company in the FTO game, others start questioning if they should work for that company...its a small world boys and we hear things on the jungle telegraph. A question.. would any of YOU work 3000 miles from home if you thought you were not safe in your job? or would you cover your backs and find alternate employment?

3. Sacking a well liked member of staff (CGI) for defending his guys, after what was a bloody appalling stitch up by certain other (dubiously qualified) members of staff, WILL have consequences.. you throw a rock into a pond, wait for the waves to come back to you.. it wont be today or tomorrow, but the wave will hit you.. theres an old maxim in the game.. if you lose one instructor, expect to lose at least one more shortly after (or 3, or 4 ?).

4. Bringing in a manager to firefight may work, or it may create suspicion about motives, he wont get feed back from the guys because feedback lost the CGI his post and trust in management followed him out. Expats believe in LOYALTY, to their students yes, but mainly to each other.

I wish you all luck because recruiting may be a problem, lets see how it is in 6 months time and then comment.