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Old 27th Jun 2008, 10:00
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I don't think there will be a shortage of schools and in turn a shortage of pilots.

I think the hopeed for "Ryanair effect" will come into place with flight training particularly with oil at $140 and above.

Some of the smaller schools, or those with less cash reserves will go out of business.

This means that there could potentially be just a few large schools training pilots. I'm thinking the integrated schools - who charge a fortune, but who have quite a low cost base (i.e. farming the training out abroad).

They also have fantastic marketing departments and have respected names in the business.

Meaning prices will go up.

A bit like FR - hoping others will go bust so it can grow, and raise yields. The same could be applied to flying schools.
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