Situation Regarding The Flight Centre at Halfpenny Green
 

Hello everyone i am writing here to express my concerns about this airport. Basically back in december i had turned 16 and was blessed with a trial flight lesson at this airport which was a gift for me valid for six months. Naturally i was extremely excited until we recently found out Halfpenny had "Ceased Trading". Luckily though i checked their website to find out that operations had restarted. So my question here would be if i phoned the airport tommorow, would it be possible to book a trial flight or would it be a bit more difficult regarding the situation of the airport. I would hate to think that the person who gave me this gift had wased their money. Thanks for reading

Are you confusing the airport itself with the name of the flight school or agency operating on behalf of the school? What is the issuing name on the voucher?

From The Flight Centre at Halfpenny Green : Private Pilot Training PPL : Commercial PilotReading the press release it looks like you voucher will be invalid as Jetstream Executive Travel didn't purchase Halfpenny Green Flight Centre.

I would give them a call and see what they say.

halfpenny
 

Hope all turns out well for Glugaball -

While on the subject of Halfpenny green is there anyone there who
recalls the arrival around 1984 of Cessna Rheims 172J G BCVI and what happened to it ?


Beleived may have been involved in aerial photography use.

Oh right i should have meant to say Halfpenny Green flight centre, my mistake. I havn't had chance to phone them just yet but on my voucher it says that it expires on the 25.06.10. But following the situation i would really hate it if this voucher would now be invalid. Considering how this voucher was actually bought for me as a gift 4 months ago

Contact the person that bought you it and find out if they bought it using a credit card.

If they have get them to contact the credit card compnay and they should be able to get a refund.

If they haven't bought it by credit card you are stuffed

well the person who bought it for me used a debit card so hopefully he may get a refund if this voucher turned out to be invalid. So i'm just wondering will i ever get a chance to have a trial fight at halfpenny green?

who issued the voucher?

If it was Flights4all, I understand that they will offer a replacement experience or a refund as long as you approach them BEFORE the expiry date on the voucher.

Good luck!

Rans6....

Debt card has no protection

Help him/her out
 

Anybody here fly from Halfpenny Green feeling generous enough to offer this young person a ride even if it isn't a trial lesson,next time they are planning to go flying?
MM

The Flight Centre used to issue their own vouchers. They didn't use another company. I suggest you phone the number provided: 01384 221456 - that is the Flight Centre number but no doubt someone there will be able to help you.

Yes i will need to phone the flight centre and sort this mess out. I would have never thought that this would happen but hopefully something good comes out from it. Thanks for the info guys

i used to fly with that school and lost £350 with them that i didnt get back

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i used to fly with that school and lost £350 with them that i didnt get back

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Notwithstanding that the circumstances at 1/2 Penny Green may not apply here, how many more times are we going to hear this - another person who's been fooled into paying cash up front with false and vague promises from the equivilant of Pikies in the GA Business. :ugh::hmm:

My suggestions would be that those who negotiate directly with the CAA in various GA causes, lobby for the mandatory inclusion in every approval given by the CAA to the establishment of any organisation offering flying instruction, the clear and unequivical statement in all their advertising and statuary paperwork to clients that payment upfront, no matter what the discounts offered, should only be done by credit card or loan from a UK Bank approved by the FSA.

Unfortunately, as this sort of scam has been ongoing since flying was invented and those who pupport to represent GA and do have direct contact with the CAA, havent had the backbone to do anything about it to date, I can't see it happening anytime soon.

AFAIK the school now starting on the Flight Centre's old site isn't honouring any of the old school's commitments, despite still being run by the old MD. A friend called the other day to ask about a Christmas trial lesson and was told that the name of the new place was being kept as similar as possible to attract customers - I'm not sure this is legal?

I also learned at Halfpenny Green and they NEVER asked anyone for money up front. If you wanted to pay some in advance then that was your decision but nobody was ever asked to do so as a matter of course.

Well when i checked their website it says that some opperations have restarted. Does anyone know what they mean by this, has some training programmes restarted or something different?

I'm not sure how they can claim to restart - surely since the old company was liquidated they can't restart??

Same location, many of the same staff, similar aircraft, similar name, different owners.

They haven't landy they have used a nearly the same name to make punters think they will be going back to the same faces.

Anyone who has paid any money to the previous company will not see a single penny of it unless payed by CC.

Its just your commonal garden bollocks to do with Flight schools reseting the finances. Aircraft which we can't afford to lease buy, trail flight bank full... etc

np problem we will rape the trial flight captial strip all assets then go into admin. The aircraft that are fully payed for will be in someones personal ownership not the schools, and will be leased back at a tax defying rate. But of course all maint and upgrading will be payed for by the school.

wages won't get payed trial flights will not get to fly and the show will go on.