Chaps this thread wasn't intended as a witch hunt, nor a personal attack on anyone be they registered here or not. It's specific purpose was to ask for advice as to how I could expedite the paperwork that I rightly should have been given three weeks ago. There's some good people at Sibson and it's a great little airfield to fly out of, and you'll see from some of my other posts that whilst I have had some organisational issues there, topped off by this delay, I've also made some positive comments regarding the club.
Taybird, yes I am frustrated and upset - I've spend the last year and a lot of money working towards getting my license and I should be awaiting a courier knocking on my door now, not left wondering why my application hasn't been sent and whether it's even valid. I absolutely agree that Sibson aren't a cowboy outfit and wouldn't suggest that to anyone, but there is clearly a significant issue here which I hope no other students will have to suffer.
Sibson may not have the means to defend themselves on PpRuNe, however they have had more ample opportunity to provide me with a justifable reason why the paperwork isn't being sent off and have comprehensively failed to do so. Despite being left holding the !!!!ty end of the stick, my posts here will be factual and if Sibson provide me with a proper explanation I will gladly relay that here.
Steve6443, yes on the 5th I went and sat in the clubhouse for a couple of hours, gave the CFI a copy of my passport and medical, signed the relevant forms, and asked if I could then take the paperwork with me which was declined, with the only reason being he needed to do some more work on it first. I was assured then it would be posted on the 6th. It wasn't. I went up there to fly on on the 11th, complained, and was assured it would most certainly go on 13th. It didn't.
Are the CAA not interested in complaints regarding FTOs then, even when there's suggestion of a possible licensing issue that may need investigating?