Well, here is my take on it.
There are many places that call themselves "schools" or "training providers" but despite a fancy office and a shiney brochure the only thing they really are is a facilitator or broker.
They have an agreement with a school in or outside of EASA land to provide a certain number of students a year.
They have an agreement with an ATPL theory provider to send a certain number of students a year.
That's a broker/facilitator.
Unless the building carries their name and the airplanes carry their logo you cannot be sure who to turn to in case of troubles.
What these places are famous for is lying by omission.
Look at their promo videos.
If they go out of their way to avoid showing company names and or logos on aircraft and buildings.
They may very well send one class to one flightschool, run into trouble and send another class to another school.
There is a perfectly good way to be open about this.
We are a flight training provider and we have put the following package together for you : A-B-C
So what’s your advantage?
Power in numbers.
If the students they provide are mishandled they have a much bigger stick behind the door then if you were there as a student on your own.
They may also pass part of the volume discount they negotiated on to you.
So all the steps in the program have been taken care of, you have a company which looks out for you and you’d pay the same or a little less compared to having to do it by your self.
Makes sense?
Find somebody who does business that way.
Last edited by B2N2; 17th Nov 2017 at 01:21.