Rob - Lance is fine once you get to know him, if he does look like a throwback to the 70s. I'm not just saying that 'cos he's my boss, I said it here before BCFT even existed
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The "new organisation" with which Colin Green is involoved is next to us (we being Bournemouth Commercial Flight Training, owned by BFC and operating from the buildings that housed SFT's flying operations) and is not yet particularily obvious. We make no complaints about the competition, as we are quite able to hold our own.
Glad you found our parent to be friendly - we certainly try to keep that going over in the groundschool side.