I am a bit confused. How does sending cadets to Oxford in the UK constitute the founding of the Gulf Aviation Academy?
GAA & OAA are both together in this right from the very early start. Sending cadets to OAA for the whole integrated course is the temporary plan until GAA is on its feet. Looking back at the long history between Mumtalakat (or solely GF in the past) and OAA, this doesn't look very odd to me.
but in concept nothing has changed!
Well yeah, there was nothing wrong with the concept from the beginning. It has only become more organized and regulated. As I said before, I believe it carreis the essence of perfection. In Jordan, it was a big mess, and I think GAA plus OAA are making a fantastic recovery for the sake of GF!