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Old 3rd Mar 2009, 22:13
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L'aviateur
 
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Possibly not the best time for this petition since a plentiful supply of suitably qualified pilots are available, and there is no reason why the government should subsidise more. But well, it's worth a try.

I don't particularly agree with:

Entitlement to standard low interest, unsecured student loans (full training course value)
Since this is an unreasonable request, which I don't see how the government could fulfil and am wondering exactly why the potential pilots should be specificially entitled to this at such a high risk. If you really want to fly, you should go and earn the money and take a loan only for CPL/IR/MCC or a TR.

I do agree that the following should be available, in a similar fashion to other education, but obviously only for 'Professional Training' ( however that could be defined).

*VAT exemption on training & examinations

*Council Tax exemption & reduced Income Tax

*Discount on learning resources & travel
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