WARNING:WELSHMAN STILL AT IT
After his bleating and attempted diversions, the jury's still out on one mixed-up and mutton-headed moderator but....
The point of this was JAR PPL's in USA
As was said, at the start, there has been a school cull and the truth, from the CAA, is that there are now only 4 places for:
JAR-FCL 1 PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (AEROPLANE)
Approved by the UK CAA for training for JAR-FCL 1 PPL (A) outside of a JAR member state
Orlando Flight Training (-the Cabair crammer/clipper in Florida)
European Flight Training (-a nearly new nipper)
Flight Training College of Africa (Pty) Limited (-S. of Zimbabwe)
BTW- the (joke descriptions) are not from Aviation House and
-CAA make no reference to any OATS JAR PPL approval in USA
I have only met a few who went to any of the others. Any school and training might be big, cheaper and better (or small, crap and expensive) but, whatever, I just don't see how anyone reckons that these few (only 3 in USA) approved schools could take on a major share of all the PPL training- either from UK or rest of JARLAND.
Anyway, some people simply won't have the time or ability to do a 3 week PPL course and, as always, most students will train over the whole of the spring and summer, at a local airfield, paying for a lesson whenever there is enough cash, an aircraft available and suitable weather for it.
So amazed anyone, especially WWW but excluding the flying club CFI's, on here wants to cut choice and competition for Wannabes.
Trade protection is always bad for the punters.
Is anyone really suggesting stopping the Go, Easy, Ryan etc. 'rubbish' and returning to the 'good' old days- of BOAC/BEA !?.
WARNING: WELSHMAN LOSING IT
Please note and further to the above, I have had to edit out/remove the most recent rantings of our mad moderator, which he had the audacity, or is it lunacy?, to insert on my posting and between my points ! Like anyone, he is entitled to his fantasies, obsessions, opinions, prejudices and pet-hates but, apart from being largely off-topic and cat-calling, his contributions- including his proposals on Portugal's economic and political policy !! (which would be as big a laugh in Lisbon as they are in Leeds) and his Flying Instructors (interests are more important than those of students !!!) froth- should, like WWW, be posted or promoted elsewhere.
Last edited by PPRuNe Towers; 4th April 2002 at 09:42.