What is the best UK airport (not school) from which to do an IR?
I don’t want to start another “my flight school is the best flight school” thread, I’m more interested in the location than the school(s) that might be based there. The questions are:
What is the best (UK) location for doing an IR (and what makes it so)?
and
What are the factors to consider?
- Lots of schools choose to be based at Bournemouth; why is it so good?
- Bristol Flight Centre are reckoned to be pretty good: is that down to their location? Is the bad Bristol weather a problem?
- The weather at Leeds is even worse than Bristol. Does Leeds have other strengths?
- Oxford is poorly equipped and hemmed in. Reputedly, access to the airways system from there is difficult. Is that a major disadvantage? Does it have any comparative strengths?
- Cranfield is a little better equipped than Oxford, but shares the airways access problems. Is that a big hit?
- There are many other locations that support an approved IR school. Is the reason that they are small their location?
Thanks,
Jimmy