It,s not for the CAA to regulate the business practices of a private company there job is to see that the requirments of the ANO are met and as a goverment department publish a clear scale of charges.
Part of living in a free contry is that yoou have control of your life so how you spend your money is down to YOU.
The wise will use these pages to ask questions about aspects of aviation and will find out far more than a goverment department would tell them for fear of leagal action.
The business practices of a number of companys have been the subject of threads at one time or another and most of the comments are well reasond with a balance of both pleased and not so pleased customers and a trend will develope from that the astute will base further reserch as to were to go for training.
Most companys do not make comment on these pages ,letting the customers comments reflect on there business , one company has made threats of leagal action to pprune and cannot be mentioned on these pages , I wonder what conclusions the readership drew about the business practices at that company ?.
CAA control private businesses ? .....NO the best protection from being ripped of is right here on pprune.