Actually... you're both right.
It goes to show how complex this business is. Visa issues were the last straw. FSI are a good FAA school, but not adaptable to the particular requirements and nuances of the JAA syllabus or the IAA approval. That covers a whole range of issues including VISAs.
PTC have tried to address this with FSI in a number of ways. But in the end PTC could not continue to operate it's business to the standards required without the full cooperation of FSI. Bottom line, PTC put the students' training programmes and standards first... at HUGE expense to the Company. They didn't have to do this, and if they didn't care, they would still be at FSI letting students get mucked about ad-infinitum.
Tarasky: You're absolutely right - but missing the point of my original growl. I started off by saying:
One of the privileges of anonymity in a forum such as this, is how it affords participants the ability to speak honestly and truthfully about heartfealt issues, without fear of sanction or repercussion. Unfortunately it also affords certain individuals the freedom to talk complete and utter BULL****.
Keygrip started off by saying:
I've always been a believer that everybody is entitled to their own stiupid opinion - and that includes you and yours.
So if people like a797 will continue to stick their heads above the parapet, that's just fine. But when they say something that's just plain wrong, then they can expect to be told so! Perhaps Keygrip's use of the word "stupid" was inadvisable, (but nevertheless correct), - and knowing him was meant with a touch of Humour. Clearly that didn't come across.
What really bugs me is the fact that people like Keygrip have advocated and campaigned for many years to increase standards of training - especially in the USA. He deals with students every day, (many of them disgruntled), and in many cases takes their issues up personally, at his own cost, with various managements and the regulators. He is a moderator on this forum because he CARES about students like you, and a797.
What he doesn't deserve is to be called a liar, when all he is trying to do is give some balance to what has become a very unbalanced and one-sided conversation. Hence my growl at a797 and my attempt to clear-up some misconceptions.
I'm going to bow out of this conversation now because I have plenty of other things to do, including looking after my own. This is something I spend my entire waking hours doing too... looking after students and trying to solve their issues. But like most people, (including the PTC management I suspect), I am far more receptive to those who ask for help, rather than banging their fists on the table - if you catch my drift.