Caledonian
12th Jul 2002, 14:36
Hello ladies and gentlemen,
Am new to this site and this is my first post so please be gentle!!
I am wondering what steps do people take to start a flying training organisation? is it difficult? do you need CAA approval? how do you work out where you operate from and why? and how do you decide what is the best aeroplane for your company?
I am very curious as it seems that in the UK there are airports where they have an abundance of FTO's and yet and some places they are crying out for more FTO's to give the public some more competition so to speak.
How do you gauge what the market is like for example in west central scotland there is glasgow, prestwick and cumbernauld and to the best of my knowledge gla has a club but why no more is it because the bigger airpots chase away small aeroplanes or is there a monopoly, cumbernauld only has 1 I believe why is that but yet prestwick I think has 2 I dont know if that means they guys have the market sown up or is there room for much more and what do airport operators think of new flying training companies starting at there airport?
Just a few questions its just it really interests me to know how it all works!
appreciate your time folks and look forward to reading your replies!
All The Best
Caledonian!
Am new to this site and this is my first post so please be gentle!!
I am wondering what steps do people take to start a flying training organisation? is it difficult? do you need CAA approval? how do you work out where you operate from and why? and how do you decide what is the best aeroplane for your company?
I am very curious as it seems that in the UK there are airports where they have an abundance of FTO's and yet and some places they are crying out for more FTO's to give the public some more competition so to speak.
How do you gauge what the market is like for example in west central scotland there is glasgow, prestwick and cumbernauld and to the best of my knowledge gla has a club but why no more is it because the bigger airpots chase away small aeroplanes or is there a monopoly, cumbernauld only has 1 I believe why is that but yet prestwick I think has 2 I dont know if that means they guys have the market sown up or is there room for much more and what do airport operators think of new flying training companies starting at there airport?
Just a few questions its just it really interests me to know how it all works!
appreciate your time folks and look forward to reading your replies!
All The Best
Caledonian!