Airline affiliations at Oxford Aviation at Moorabbin
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Airline affiliations at Oxford Aviation at Moorabbin
Can anybody advise which non australian airlines are currently or proposing to use Oxford to train their pilots?
The reason I ask is I came across this:
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The reason I ask is I came across this:
An aircraft pilot training academy will no longer teach students from Iran Air following recent sanctions brought by the Americans against the airline.
Arlanda Airport in Stockholm is used as a base by the Oxford Aviation Academy, formerly the SAS Flight Academy, who have been training pilots from the Iranian airline since January this year. However, in line with American sanctions against the airline the contract between the two parties has been abandoned with immediate effect.
America claims that Iran Air has links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, an organization that allegedly supports terrorist activity in the Middle East, according to a report in Aftonbladet.
According to reports, the airline has been providing materials and services to the IRGC. Terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp said to the paper, “There is an escalation of pressure against Iran”
Meanwhile there is little more explanation from the pilot training company.
“We have no further comment beyond the press release”, said Oxford Aviation Academy’s Emma O’Donnell at the company’s headquarters in the UK.
The organization, also known as the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution has rumoured to be behind in several major attacks in the past 20 years, including the 1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut.
Arlanda Airport in Stockholm is used as a base by the Oxford Aviation Academy, formerly the SAS Flight Academy, who have been training pilots from the Iranian airline since January this year. However, in line with American sanctions against the airline the contract between the two parties has been abandoned with immediate effect.
America claims that Iran Air has links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, an organization that allegedly supports terrorist activity in the Middle East, according to a report in Aftonbladet.
According to reports, the airline has been providing materials and services to the IRGC. Terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp said to the paper, “There is an escalation of pressure against Iran”
Meanwhile there is little more explanation from the pilot training company.
“We have no further comment beyond the press release”, said Oxford Aviation Academy’s Emma O’Donnell at the company’s headquarters in the UK.
The organization, also known as the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution has rumoured to be behind in several major attacks in the past 20 years, including the 1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut.
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In general I suppose but I know that the Moorabbin operation won some work from around that part of the world recently. Can't remember whether it was iraqi airways or the Iranians.
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Was down at MB today and became really disconcerted over all the foreign pilots from Oxford that were heading over to DFO, strutting around in their uniform and speaking languages other than English... 
Was down at MB today and became really disconcerted over all the foreign pilots from Oxford that were heading over to DFO, strutting around in their uniform and speaking languages other than English...
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well done Today Tonight - you are certainly lead by example for how well english is spoken when you say "at bang Point Ormand" in your subtitles
also navigation skills through Essendon Tower and Moorabbin Airport
also navigation skills through Essendon Tower and Moorabbin Airport
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How dare people be different to us! At least they don't go to the airport cafe, it would make the lines huge.
