Australian Flight Training in 3 years time
As most of you will now be aware, the decision to be a 141 or a 142 school is upon the Flight Training Industry. The costs of stepping up to a 142 require significant expenditure. As an absolute minimum it requires a full rewrite of the current Operations Manual, and additional staffing.
I’m very interested in the impact of this, on Flight Training Organisations in Australia. I imagine that the majority of schools in Australia won’t have the funding or resources to become a 142 organisation. Those that don’t, will obviously lose the ability to deliver the 150 hour integrated course.
For a flying school in the country, or indeed a smaller city based flying school, will the loss of that revenue stream negatively impact your business, or what plans have you put in place to manage that change and minimise the impact. Will potential students from rural areas now gravitate to the larger city schools? Very keen to see if my concerns are those of industry, or am I being somewhat paranoid?