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Old 17th Oct 2014, 09:59
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50North
 
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IMPOSSIBLE

Wingover old chap, you really need to keep up with the times if you are going to post on here, and please make sure your facts are correct before you post, they are extremely misleading.
EASA did not ask for a huge amount of money, all of the schools that are based outside of the European Union were invoiced 39.000 Euros for each approval that they held. Because NAC had two approvals, their choice (one for ground school and one for the flight line) they were invoiced 78.000 Euros. As mentioned above, as they come under direct control of EASA and not the UK CAA, it is IMPOSSIBLE to make an agreement with the UK CAA.
There is no such agreement in the world that exists that allows you to do a IR skills test outside of European Airspace. Yes you can do some training, but no testing.As other poster have already said, NAC is not EASA approved, nor are they approved as a satellite from any UK school, so any ground and flight training that is taking place is non approved training, and as such would not be acceptable to the UK authorities.
EASA is aware of NAC and what they are trying to do, and any past or present student would be well advised to contact EASA before spending any copious amounts of money.
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