Having recently moved up from the LTN area to the LBA area I started to look for somewhere to keep current and also for somewhere to do my CPL/IR - although I didn't mention that at the time - and MF and LFS were the two obvious choices...so I decided to pay an impromptu visit:
MF: Lots of staff, looked very professional, friendly-ish instructor who answered all of my questions but I couldn't help but feel that I was interrupting his routine. Came out honestly feeling as if I was just another Joe Bloggs. Sorry guys. I know it may have been a bad time but first impressions count.
LFS: Was pre-warned on pprune about the portacabin but I didn't let that put me off. Walked in, explained my situation and within 2 mins I was being made a coffee by one of the main men (Tony) and we were sitting down chatting about where I was upto, training-wise and what I was planning, training-wise. [As duir said - very, very friendly.
] And when I asked about the infamous weather at LBA I got an honest answer - not quite the same answer that I got at MF. (tut tut, boys) Half an hour later, I left with a good feeling about the place.
Before visiting LFS, I was 90% sure that I was going to do my CPL in the States with OATS, but now I'm 90% leaning towards LFS for both the CPL and IR.