Barton and Credit cards
Hi Liz,
Be a bit careful. Barton has been an excellent place to train for very many years. I got my own PPL there in 1960! However, I believe Manchester Corporation has recently had to sell off the aerodrome to big business interests, who wish to turn it into 'Manchester City Airport' and bring in a lot of commercial air transport.
Whenever this happens, general aviation usually becomes unwelcome and gets the boot or else has to pay exorbitant aerodrome costs. I doubt if the change of ownership at Barton has gone live yet, but you need to ask what is the current status of this process. (Actually, I was under the impression that LAC in particular had already decamped to Harwarden in Wales; anybody know anything)?
Secondly, why you should use a credit card. If you fly 'Group A' aircraft, just about every flying lesson will cost more than £100, (usually a lot more than £100). If you should be scammed in some way, as long as the credit card purchase has been over £100, if you can't get redress from the supplier, you can claim against the credit card company. With a debit card you can not. That's why you should use a credit card. This becomes even more important if you should eventually decide to train outside the UK, (in the States for example).
Good luck Kid,
BP.