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Recently our organisation has been contacted by 2 potential students who have asked us have we heard of TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AVIATION. the students want to know can we verify the bona fides of said company.

The students have been asked to put 50% cash up front for flight training at
21st, but the only contact for them appears to be through a PO Box at Bankstown (town not YSBK).

None of us have ever heard of this organisation, and we are thinking that it is probably shonky. However we do not want to stuff up someone else's genuine business.

Can anyone please advise if they know this organisation to be genuine, and its bona-fides?

The last thing we need in GA is a (nother) rip-off flight training school.

cheers

Seabreeze

Nothing on Google, nothing on white pages, nothing on department of fair trading. Could be a shonk, but might also have another trading name, or be on selling for another school...

Probably the best advice would be not to comment on the opposition, always a good rule in business!:hmm:

This from www.asic.gov.au

Quote:

Extracted from ASIC's database at AEST 14:42:51 on 25/07/2006
Name TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AVIATION
Registered state/no. NSW BN98155801

Type Business Names
Registration Date Unknown
Next Review Date Unknown
Status Registered
Principal Place of Business not available
Jurisdiction Department of Fair Trading, New South Wales

This is the other information on a similar name:

Quote:

Name TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AVIATION PTY LTD
ACN 117 027 433

ABN 28 117 027 433

Type Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares
Registration Date 08/11/2005
Next Review Date 08/11/2006
Status Strike-Off Action In Progress
Locality of Registered Office Bankstown NSW 2200
Jurisdiction Australian Securities & Investments Commission

These are the documents that ASIC has most recently received from or in relation to this organisation. Page numbers are shown if processing is complete and the document is available for purchase.
Date Number Pages Description
06/06/2006 022979642 1 6010 Application For Voluntary Deregistration of a Company
08/11/2005 1E1523651 3 201C Application For Registration as a Proprietary Company

END OF LIST

As of mid last month they applied for voluntary deregistration. I have no idea what that means.

Caveat Emptor.

For $25 you can get a full history of the company from this site: If you're going to outlay a swag load of cash on a CPL then $25 insurance isn't too bad!

https://ast.natdata.net/casual/index...IATION+PTY+LTD

HH and Keg

Many thanks. No response yet from anyone stating that they personally know of that mob, and they appear to be deregistering as a business.

The full history I think will give shareholders, but at this stage, I agree:

Caveat emptor it is...........

Seabreeze

Seabreeze, i can't say anything about 21st century aviation as a company but I do know of a school out at Bankstown who trained a group of Singaporean 21st century students so I can only assume their money was getting through to the flying school in some capacity. They were given nice 21st century uniforms and big dreams but no idea what has become of them (they could still be out there training). I'm sure if there are instructors from this school somewhere on pprune they'll probably clear it up a bit better for you

Seabreeze,

I have seen some of these students around BK, I've spoken to them, and seem to be training with Aerospace.

Mo

You mean there is something Shonky happening in GA???:eek:

Does the training include a guaranteed job at the end? If not then no company is worth the risk. There are so many schools competing for your money you can *always* find a less risky - often cheaper - way to do your training.