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Old 3rd Apr 2010, 10:44
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Der absolute Hammer
 
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I do not think that FSI are opening a base/training center in South Africa in order to 'do' well in SA. I do not think that the domestic SA market will have figured that importantly in FSIs calculations.
They instead possible are looking for a mid - global southern hemisphere training base with excellent and reliable communications and a certain technical reference ability. A feeder trainer route, the Simonstown of the air.
They may also make a lot of money during the world cup from all those fabulously rich executives splashing out to fly simulators in what passes these days among the great fritterers of the filthy lucre, as corporate bonding.
Good luck to them anyway. Who knows and who dares say if it were true but perhaps many SA pilots could do with a dose of a different, stricter and more demanding type of training from that which they usually enjoy?
The answer to that sortof question might be written once again in the sands of Namibia?
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