From a moderation standpoint, this thread is becoming tiresome. It generates more complaints in this one forum than any other. It is clear that it has become too large and seems to perpetuate (in part) with some users simply typing to their own alter egos!
Get it back on track fast or it terminates!
The ball is apparently in the courts of the school/airline(s)/authorities involved. The rest in the peanut gallery have no choice but to let off steam. It's your prerogative as moderator to terminate it. Too bad though if you do. The topic still falls under a "breaking news" category, a long-winded one but still developing news.
I find the topic interesting reading and ignore the following (to quote one contributor):
So this leaves the rest of us to post a bunch of circular questions, periodically interrupted by teen-agers, or unhappy pilots/bitter ex-Clark staff, or just cretins who are able to touch-type...
The fellow also wrote:
We also figure that ICAO/CAAP will do what they are being paid to do--make sure that no one graduates with a 'worthless license'. This isn't Nigeria!*
Nigeria is on track to move from FAA's Category 2 to Category 1 late this year, I don't know about the CAAP.
So girls & boys, don't upset our moderator - this is supposed to be a PROFESSIONAL pilots' network - or we get a meltdown.