What we really need is to take a step back, and reinstate the individual flight instructor as the authority in flight training, by getting rid of the RTF concept altogether.
Thats like saying that we need to get rid of the company registration concept and reinstate the sole trader as the mainstay of business.
There is nothing in the proposed system that prevents an individual from setting up business as a flight instructor or doing it for free if they choose.
All that it does is lay down minimum standards that any legal entity providing training etc has to meet. The requirements for providing say Groundschool is the same for an individual as for Big Airline Training Ltd.
You may feel that the individual is at a disadvantage in such a situation. However, as many sole traders will point out, being small has it's advantages.
The customer is entitled to receive the proper standard of training and care and that simply does not happen out of a car boot.
Perhaps you could take the time to read the proposals and then you will see that it is possible to teach (and be paid) with only a PPL. Therefore in the future, it will be possible for an individual with a PPL to set up a successful business. So costs from scratch to being in business are very small. provided that the individual has the required facilities they can teach people for B747 type ratings if they want.
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FormationFlyer,
You are 100% correct.
There is not going to be much change for most competent operators who are already providing training to a good standard be they individuals, companies or international corporations.
The proposals create 3 distinct camps;
1. The current providers who provide training to a good standard and will not notice any significant difference other than a few new market opportunities. As a customer you will not notice any significant difference
2. The current operators who are not providing training to the minimum standard required and who will have to put some work in to raise their game. Of course the work involved in bringing their training up to the minimum acceptable standards is going to cost money so watch them moan about extra regulation and pushing up their prices.
3. The last camp consists of operators who standards wise are solidly in 1 above but who recognise an opportunity to push up their prices with the good old excuse of extra regulation. They can mostly get away with this because they will only be doing the same with their price as those in 2. above.
If any current training provider complains about having to do work to acheive the minimum standards required post 2012 simply ask why their current standards are so poor.