GA Training in Canberra...going...going...gone!
News splashed over the front page of today's Canberra Times reports ( no links as it's not on their website) that Brindabella's Flight training school will close to new students in April, doors to the school for the remaining students will close in September. ( no link to Brindabella either as it's not on their website - yet)
The owners cite various Government cost increases as the main factor in the schools closure, no mention of the airport owners (private company) or insurance costs but I should imagine that it's a mixture of all three.
One of the owners stated that there's plenty of students but its Government policy and rising costs that have led to the closure.
Three full time and seven part time potions will be lost, looks like the guys and gals will have to go north or west for work.
In 2000 there were six flying schools in Canberra with Brindabella being the last to close their doors. There are no other options in Canberra for GA Training, an hour and a half's drive on the Hume north to Goulburn (under new owners with big plans for a major Sydney freight airport) or south to Cooma will see any your training requirements met.
So, who's to blame? Government, Airport owner or nobody....just 'the state of the industry'.
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