S5-AAC
22nd Jun 2010, 12:56
Person ''A'' had decided upon realising his dreams of a career in aviation. After years of careful deliberation, he reached a decission. Along with many other recomendations, the course he chose, was also highly regarded with two of his friends who were both current students.
''A'' would undergo a selection process at Firm ''B'', which was purely a selection/placement firm, which provided selection services for 2 FTO's; ''C'' and ''D'', as well as a MCC and Jet-Familiarisation course after the completed studies at either FTO.
''A'' passed the selection at the firm, making him capable of enroliing in the FTO of his choice. After reviewing the offer of FTO ''D'', he decided to rather choose ''C'', mainly because of its name and reputation. Up to this point ''A'' had no flight training, except for a few pleasure flights in SEP acft. Upon being accepted into the roster of Firm ''B'', he expressed his concerns regarding his height. At 202cm / 6ft7, he was among the taller of the cadets, and had concernes about fitting into the fleet the FTO operated, as he had never been in one. After hearing his concerns, the staff at Firm ''B'', reasured him, that there was absolutely no problem with fitting into the acft, and that all his concerns were not needed.
Time passed, the contract was signed. A very unbalanced contract. If the student would have ceassed the training for ANY reason, with the exception of serious injury and death, he would have to pay a loss of profit fee of 10,000gbp. He would also have to stick to stringent rules about passing exams with high averages and so forth.
Person ''A'' was finally on the verge of fulfilling his dreams. He embarked to the FTO with his classmates from Firm ''B'' and was molded into a class at the FTO.
During the second lesson of groundschool, ''A'' was approached by the chief groundschool instructor, who had concerns about his height. They proceeded to make a fit check and discovered that there was no way ''A'' could fly the plane, and as such, complete the training.
''A'' called the ceo of Firm ''B'' and demanded that the contract be anulled. This was done and the first fee of 45,000eur was transfered back to him. ''A'' returned home. He was too late to enroll in any university at home in the running year, by not being a member of one, lost his medical insurance and the chance of getting any part time employement.
Firm ''B'' offered, as a compensation, a place in the programme at the FTO, which ''A'' had already rejected.
I'm very interested in reading what your take on the situation is.
''A'' would undergo a selection process at Firm ''B'', which was purely a selection/placement firm, which provided selection services for 2 FTO's; ''C'' and ''D'', as well as a MCC and Jet-Familiarisation course after the completed studies at either FTO.
''A'' passed the selection at the firm, making him capable of enroliing in the FTO of his choice. After reviewing the offer of FTO ''D'', he decided to rather choose ''C'', mainly because of its name and reputation. Up to this point ''A'' had no flight training, except for a few pleasure flights in SEP acft. Upon being accepted into the roster of Firm ''B'', he expressed his concerns regarding his height. At 202cm / 6ft7, he was among the taller of the cadets, and had concernes about fitting into the fleet the FTO operated, as he had never been in one. After hearing his concerns, the staff at Firm ''B'', reasured him, that there was absolutely no problem with fitting into the acft, and that all his concerns were not needed.
Time passed, the contract was signed. A very unbalanced contract. If the student would have ceassed the training for ANY reason, with the exception of serious injury and death, he would have to pay a loss of profit fee of 10,000gbp. He would also have to stick to stringent rules about passing exams with high averages and so forth.
Person ''A'' was finally on the verge of fulfilling his dreams. He embarked to the FTO with his classmates from Firm ''B'' and was molded into a class at the FTO.
During the second lesson of groundschool, ''A'' was approached by the chief groundschool instructor, who had concerns about his height. They proceeded to make a fit check and discovered that there was no way ''A'' could fly the plane, and as such, complete the training.
''A'' called the ceo of Firm ''B'' and demanded that the contract be anulled. This was done and the first fee of 45,000eur was transfered back to him. ''A'' returned home. He was too late to enroll in any university at home in the running year, by not being a member of one, lost his medical insurance and the chance of getting any part time employement.
Firm ''B'' offered, as a compensation, a place in the programme at the FTO, which ''A'' had already rejected.
I'm very interested in reading what your take on the situation is.