I'm pretty sure they are booming, seeing some of the director's cars adds value to my belief! I haven't been at Nursling for a while so not sure what is currently going on but when I was there there were a large number of airlines sending their crew their for type ratings. Oman Air, easyJet, BA to name a few and there was a group of Thomson Captains who I believe were coming off the 757 and going onto the 737.
I believe with the increase in MPL training and the number of airlines wanting A320 training CTC saw it as a good investment.
Not sure what it stands for, although one of my course mates suggested "cash taking
"
