Well "Wheel's Up" - I don;t know what to say...your lack of clear thinking and reliance on assumptions makes me think that your user-name is a description of the way you land!

A few things -
My profile says that I am from Edinburgh. It doesn't guarantee to any reader that I will actually be in Edinburgh every time I post an entry. For clarity of fact I haven't changed the "from" part of my profile since I left Edinburgh.

I did fly out to SA over the Christmas period. You seem to assume that I started from scratch on the PPL. In fact I didn't. So between the 10 Dec and 22 Jan - the 40 odd days are more than enough time to do a PPL - even enough time to completer one!

I didn;t use the word "completed" in my writing. I said I "did" my PPL. And the word "did" does not infer completion - in the English language anyhow.

Anyhow, people like you that seem to have limitless amounts of time to research the history of user posts certainly aren't worth debating such topics with. I won't expect a reply to this.

Soooo if I did the girl next door…….. actually, I might not have done it. :}

Greetings Dean

Saw the report too, and the original in the Midrand Reporter (collect one when at GC).

One small question for Mr. Jackson..

Isn't it strange how all the "important documents" - relating mostly to the records of the students who HAD paid and were therefore owed money, got burnt..? Why did he have them in the garage in the first place..?

and (sorry, two questions)

then - the whole bleedin' house gets burnt down.....??

Nice to blame it on "arson" due to so-called threats from the people who got ripped off, isn't it. No proof forthcoming of any threats tho'...

Hmmmm, in light of the losses, all the money hassles, refunds due (but will now not get paid, due to the fire and no more records), et al.... I wonder who Mr. J's insurers are and how much the claim is for...???

(Hey, Mr. Mod - just asking, not inferring anything.. I would never do that..) :E

Cheers

R

Hi Rhodie

I must admit the thought had crossed my mind too :uhoh:

I posted the article on another forum as well (avcom.co.za), but I also included a poll :E

Results to date?

Who started the fire?
A person involved in the running of the (defunct) school
87%
An ex student / employee
12%



:rolleyes: :}

Can I phone a friend or ask the audience? :}

Wheels up's analysis is perfect. I repeat perfect.

4HP and I can see 'centre's' registered address which completes all we need to know here at the Towers.

Incidently, and most regretably, there has been an entirely avoidable conflagration in our database and anything involving certain family names ruined through water damage. I hold myself completely responsible for this desperate tragedy, luckily nothing else was damaged here at the Towers.

Our sincere apologies to any bottom feeding scum inconvenienced by this.

Regards
rob

Jacksons son lives in england

For once
 

I agree 100% with Rhodies' comments, it all seems to convienient to have those crucial documents destroyed in an alleged arson attack, no doubt there were no witnesses.

I was recently at Rand Airport (April) and GTC were allegedly in operation, however I never came into contact with any personnel during my time there and was dubious of another flight school set up at Rand which seems to have a nice balance of training availability as well as a prime location.

Is the 'lady' that was refered to in this post the one I was recomended to do a JAA CPL with. Whilst I was enquiring, I had put this to the flight school I was facilitating and made aware she was ONE OF A SELECT FEW THAT OFFERS THIS ?

Must be related to costs and demand and I presume that FTC did used to have that demand.

Head of flight training operations at the Civil Aviation Authority, Peter Volland. Is that the same guy who used to be a director of FTC?