Dear Cheshire Cat,
May I agree with QNH1013 that all students who have been to PAT fully support the place and rightly so. I am not really impressed by your credentials as you mention them in another thread (see below).
[quote] <hr></blockquote>Cheshire cat EGHH . .Just another number
Member # 39513 . . posted 11 February 2002 19:29 . .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. .I work in Bournemouth flying club ( the bar next door to the school). .Which ironicaly, has sod all to do with the flying school next door!... did try and get a discount, but didn't work!
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BTW my spelling is always !!!!t so dont bother correcting me on it, as I know!
. .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. .From: Bournemouth, dorset | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged
I have flown at both BFC and PAT and yes there are some excellent instructors at both. The main difference is that at PAT they only teach commercial pilots, period. And they do an excellent job at it as well.
I found that while BFC is a nice place it has a different feel to it and even if they chance their name they still have the good old flying club feel to it. The Bar makes that feeling even worse even though it is run seperately.
The point you have to appreciate is that when one works for an airport then the other airport is always crap. If one works for an airline than the on-time performance of the other airline is always worse, and when one works for a flying school than the other school is always worse. (except fort salaries which always seem to be better at other places.)
You refer to this being a rumour network. Yes but up to an extend. A lot of our would be collueges who are about to part of thousands of pounds want to make a proper decision and this thread can help them to make a decision. Your one sided view of the north east side of the airport does not help the argument. The one thing that helps your fellow aviatiors is your experience at a particular school good or bad and share that information.