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Old 4th Aug 2010, 20:32
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50 students!!!!

Currently only 2 C172's are available (the 180hp no longer is), so with some quick maths we could work out that 50 students per year (as advertised on their website as a one year course) would equal 10,000 flying hours. Meaning each aircraft would need to be doing 5000 hours per year.... that equals 13.7 hours flying EVERY DAY!!! Now factor in weather and maintenance disruptions and it would simply never work

I know that most places will advertise "shiny side up" and every organisation will have an upside and a downside however this is simply ridiculous.
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