Hi everybody,
good to get some feedback.
I will start with some more details. I started in Jan 2010 and finished Dec 2010, we use to pay as we go/keep a small amout in our accounts as SAS-A321 says.
In August 2010 Moncton Flight College changed this to a phase scheme.
Where the course is broken in phases 1-12 you paid for 1 phase up front. This works fine in the sense that you have your flying prepaid for and the school cant ground you for lack of funds except where you need more flight time then the school schedule. I personal thought it was unfair the current students have to change their payment method, i feel the new system should have been introduced with the next new class.
I paid for my last phase up front (IFR) and did the simulator and 1 flight. I got word of new exam back home here in Europe for medical testing and rather than waste money on IFR and having to repeat it back in Europe for an ATPL, I quit and went home, passed the test and doing ATPL in europe.
I requedted my funds back from the college and have a paper copy of my account. was told it would be 2-3 weeks, and this was quoted to use from day 1. I had on 10th March the balance of a few thousand dollars removed from my account with out any body in the college or the recievers letting me know their intentions.
When the school went into recievership, i got no notice from the school, no notice form the recievers and was totally blanked. I had to enquire and fight with them bastards to get any information and the recievers would tell me nothing. they couldnt guarantee my money as for i am an unsecure creditor. I do undertand this policy with recievership.
What pisses me off with MFC is:
(1)The ****ers had no intentions of letting me know what happened the school
(2) They took my money with out informing me
(3) the recievers did not send any creditor claim forms untill i asked for them and then when i got the forms, the creditor meeting had already taken place.
(4) the new management Mike tilly offered me to come back and fly for a discount. What i asked for was to come back and fly to the value of the balance that was on my account!
(5) all the students in the college at the time had their accound balances transfered from MFC to the new MFC. Why was mine not transfered? they cant answer
(6) deputy CFI informs me it is school policy to close former student accounts. DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP THE MONEY??
(7) The accounts dept take 2-3 weeks to write a cheque? My little baby could write a cheque faster than that!!
Would anybody here have any advice for me? I am not famillar with Canadian law, but if this was Ireland, I would be able to take the bastards to the courts!
The recievers really ****** me over on this one.
I cant even find a Canadian Government regulator for this. Any help would be great