@ozzybob84
I really really really have absolutely nothing to AWA management, I know you think I am but you are wrong and you are directing your 'issues' at the wrong person, obviously your experience has been alot worse than mine I don't really understand why that is but hey there you go. And just for the record I know exactly who you think I am, and you are probably right about what you think of that person, personally I just stayed well clear, kept my head down and got on with the course and i never had any issues with anybody.
If you were chucked out to make way for Air Asia then I agree that is unacceptable, this is all well after my time and I guess then I was lucky I was not around to see it. I find it hard to beleive your claims of instructor student ratios in my time there was roughly 1/4 and to be honest they spent most of their time trying to convince the foreign guys that they needed to book some flights. I took advantage of this and had GFPT out of the way in 6 weeks, PPL flights in 3 weeks and then in to ground school for CPL. I do agree with you on the dutchess, thats on its last legs but no worse than you will experience when you do find a charter job. Personally I think it actually made me a better pilot flying that thing as it set me up better than any G1000 equipped aircraft would have. I guess it did spend more time in at Air Gold Coast than it did being used but its an old aeroplane.
Your claims regarding the G1000 ''endorsement'' I actually find quite funny
anybody with out the brains to go and look at the relevant CASA documents can easily ascertain there is no such thing and I have no sympathy for anybody silly enough to get charged for one.
I bet you could count on one hand the amount of G.A companies flying G1000 equipped aircraft.