Good Weather!!!
Come on - I appreciate you are there but I do not think you can classify it as good weather for
FLYING !
Sure it is better weather for sunbathing that good ole england but lets be realistic and say how many hours are cancelled for poor visibility due to haze (limits are 10k for pre-pt1 and 5k post PT1), crosswind - they managed to pick a school which has the poredominant wind across the runway - Levante anybody??
Oh and have I not mentioned that the temperatures in summer can top 40 degrees c in the planes when you are sitting on the tarmac waiting for ATC to let you go.
Don't get me wrong I think that Jerez is a good school (when compared with the rest of the lot offering Integrated ATPL) and has some great facilities AND good weather in certain months compared to Britain. BUT to say it is great weather and for all the adverts to say how good the climate is, is not really telling consumers what the problems can be. I beleive I heard figures of some students not getting flying for five or six weeks due to the weather. Sure that does not sound bad compared to the UK but when you think these guys are doing nothing but flying and so are just sitting around for the rest of the time then you start to think.
Again, don't get me worng I think Jerez has the potential to be the best by a long way of schools in the Integrated market but I beleive they have a moral and perhaps a legal obligation to tell prospective customers the true story.
In business there is a thing called 'transparency' which all companies are encouraged to follow. How come it does not seem to apply to airlines and companies like BAE?????
