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SR20's
To the Man Who Knows (Jack S**T)
Check out the two new SR20's at Flight Academy Blackpool they seem to be going down well with the group members, they have been flying non stop since they arrived.
Check out the two new SR20's at Flight Academy Blackpool they seem to be going down well with the group members, they have been flying non stop since they arrived.
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Always good to see someones clumsy underhand efforts backfire!
A below the belt post by "Captain Mallard", clearly aiming to slag off a perfectly good school. The outcome - a thread with a majority of positive comments about FAB.
For anyone looking to complete flight training at Blackpool. There are a number of reputable schools (including FAB) and certainly one rogue outfit. You dont have to be Sherlock Holmes - A brief look round each school, and a chat to locally based pilots or airport staff will set you straight.
If Mallard manages to pass his ATPL writtens, and obtain a professional licence, then perhaps folks might take him more seriously.
A below the belt post by "Captain Mallard", clearly aiming to slag off a perfectly good school. The outcome - a thread with a majority of positive comments about FAB.
For anyone looking to complete flight training at Blackpool. There are a number of reputable schools (including FAB) and certainly one rogue outfit. You dont have to be Sherlock Holmes - A brief look round each school, and a chat to locally based pilots or airport staff will set you straight.
If Mallard manages to pass his ATPL writtens, and obtain a professional licence, then perhaps folks might take him more seriously.
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Children...Children....Please!!!
FAB provides a service, as does FlyBPL. There's plenty of room & trade for both to succeed & prosper, however, constant bickering, sniping & childish s**t slinging looks amateurish & pathetic to ANYONE who would consider spending hard earned cash with either of these two businesses. You guys are a great advert for Westair & Disney Aviation, & please don't tell me someone with no insight into day-to-day life at BLK is going to be better off at Disney' than at FAB or FlyBPL.
In the 80's ANT, B&FAC & COMED all competed & all prospered but neither Keith, Brian or Andy, Arnold & Sandra EVER behaved like the 'Big Kids' on this forum.
NOW GROW UP! BOTH OF YOU!
FAB provides a service, as does FlyBPL. There's plenty of room & trade for both to succeed & prosper, however, constant bickering, sniping & childish s**t slinging looks amateurish & pathetic to ANYONE who would consider spending hard earned cash with either of these two businesses. You guys are a great advert for Westair & Disney Aviation, & please don't tell me someone with no insight into day-to-day life at BLK is going to be better off at Disney' than at FAB or FlyBPL.
In the 80's ANT, B&FAC & COMED all competed & all prospered but neither Keith, Brian or Andy, Arnold & Sandra EVER behaved like the 'Big Kids' on this forum.
NOW GROW UP! BOTH OF YOU!
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If Mallard manages to pass his ATPL writtens, and obtain a professional licence, then perhaps folks might take him more seriously.
Think I must be in the wrong forum, Sorry!
I just got lead by a thread!
CM
Think I must be in the wrong forum, Sorry!
I just got lead by a thread!
CM
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Daddy-Oh beat me to it. I spent several seasons working out of Blackpool through the '70s and The Kite Club (upstairs in the old signal box) was the place where everyone aired their grievances, told their stories and carried on in a 'grown-up' fashion.
Was thinking of dialling by the airfield again to check things out again after a few years, but frankly this thread has put that on the back burner!
Even the Roller Coaster can't get it's act together now either!
Was thinking of dialling by the airfield again to check things out again after a few years, but frankly this thread has put that on the back burner!
Even the Roller Coaster can't get it's act together now either!
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Daddy oh , the constant bickering and sniping is nothing to do with the person who runs fab , it is nothing either to do with his employess you will notice , just for your reference he is known as thunderbird one and you will notice his lack of any sniping whatsoever here or anywhere else ,
but ho hum
but ho hum
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Actually XL319 you don’t need TSA or Sevis approval to hour build in the USA. Why don’t you do your home work before you show your ignorance.
Oh and that’s right you don’t eat in the UK but when you go to the States you suddenly need to come up with a food allowance. As for the accommodation and airfare if you cant afford to stay in a motel in the US and pay the $500 airfare your probably in the wrong industry.
Oh and that’s right you don’t eat in the UK but when you go to the States you suddenly need to come up with a food allowance. As for the accommodation and airfare if you cant afford to stay in a motel in the US and pay the $500 airfare your probably in the wrong industry.
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You obviously take these posts as a personal attack. TSA/Servis is not required to hour build correct. However I'm wondering who on would hour build in a turbo prop when (i presume) a type rating is required.
As for food. Remember you are not able to work in the US normally so therefore this has to be an extra expense. As previously stated your post was totally unrelated to this thread. POINTLESS!!!
As for food. Remember you are not able to work in the US normally so therefore this has to be an extra expense. As previously stated your post was totally unrelated to this thread. POINTLESS!!!
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Bailiff
Yeah I heard about that one!
If someone owes you money the best thing to do is knock on their neighbors door first,
That is just what the Bailiffs did!
Hey its a while since the Riverdance was listing, What ever happened to that?
If someone owes you money the best thing to do is knock on their neighbors door first,
That is just what the Bailiffs did!
Hey its a while since the Riverdance was listing, What ever happened to that?
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Just for the unitiated and people who are looking at this with a view to learning to fly maybe with FAB , Mallard and The man who knows 
all are two local professionally unsuccessful motormouths with no affiliation to flight academy whatsoever , this is however why they are so sour because they would like to be .
I think you confused the bailiffs with the persons delivering the brand new aircraft to FAB .
FAB is a thriving school with many members and a good reputation call in and ask, see for yourself .They have a good relationship with the most of the other outfits on the field , in fact a family member of one of the other schools recently completed his CPL in the first sitting through FAB , so they (one of the most established schools on the field) obviously dont see us in the same light , make of that what you will.
But Mallard and The man who knows all please wind your necks in you are boring everyone 
all are two local professionally unsuccessful motormouths with no affiliation to flight academy whatsoever , this is however why they are so sour because they would like to be .I think you confused the bailiffs with the persons delivering the brand new aircraft to FAB .
FAB is a thriving school with many members and a good reputation call in and ask, see for yourself .They have a good relationship with the most of the other outfits on the field , in fact a family member of one of the other schools recently completed his CPL in the first sitting through FAB , so they (one of the most established schools on the field) obviously dont see us in the same light , make of that what you will.
But Mallard and The man who knows
all please wind your necks in you are boring everyone
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i have been reading these posts with interest, and it seems these two clowns have an axe to grind with FAB. Thing is , speaking from someone interested in training with FAB, its clear FAB is a well run and respected school with a good rep. Give up guys, your only making yourselves look like idiotic children. All you have done is assured people like me not to bother coming anywhere near your flight establishement when i do head over to Blackpool!.If this is how you promote your own business...........god knows how you run it. I know where i will be spending my hard earned cash .
Yep, I echo the last two posts.
The Man Who Knows and Capt Mallard are a good example of the petty mud slinging element that is a constant feature of the UK flying training industry. People on airfields fall out. Businesses are easy to start and easily go bust. Over time resentment is common.
And so we find ourselves here. A currently trading company, offering a good product, employing happy staff and with customers posting happy reports on PPRuNe is attacked, again and again by a couple of dickheads with an internet connection.
Its a feature of both the medium and the industry so its as well this thread stands as an educational resource.
WWW
ps Treat the flying training industry in the same way the wise man treats the second hand car industry. There are good guys, bad guys and sharks. Telling the difference is hard.
The Man Who Knows and Capt Mallard are a good example of the petty mud slinging element that is a constant feature of the UK flying training industry. People on airfields fall out. Businesses are easy to start and easily go bust. Over time resentment is common.
And so we find ourselves here. A currently trading company, offering a good product, employing happy staff and with customers posting happy reports on PPRuNe is attacked, again and again by a couple of dickheads with an internet connection.
Its a feature of both the medium and the industry so its as well this thread stands as an educational resource.
WWW
ps Treat the flying training industry in the same way the wise man treats the second hand car industry. There are good guys, bad guys and sharks. Telling the difference is hard.
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I think you confused the bailiffs with the persons delivering the brand new aircraft
Strange! they were not airside, and there was no truck with a brand new cirrus on it!
what are the hire RATES for a cirrus anyway?
what are the hire RATES for a cirrus anyway?
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Jeeeesus you really are a pilloch , are the cirrus a figment of everyones imagination then???? or are the many many happy members and staff flying them all lying about their experiences ?????
But as you brought it up again I feel the need to leap on some free publicity, the cirrus are available to group members for 80 per hour wet and all for a small stake of 130 per month I defy you to find a similar rate anywhere on the planet ,youll be pushing to find a 172 for that .
Thanks capt we applaud your misplaced questioning , must keep a look out for these bailliffs , pesky creatures like ninja's you just cant see em
But as you brought it up again I feel the need to leap on some free publicity, the cirrus are available to group members for 80 per hour wet and all for a small stake of 130 per month I defy you to find a similar rate anywhere on the planet ,youll be pushing to find a 172 for that .
Thanks capt we applaud your misplaced questioning , must keep a look out for these bailliffs , pesky creatures like ninja's you just cant see em
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The long view
When a flying school goes bankrupt it inevitably offends some of it's customers and this in turn stays in people's minds for a long time.
When a new firm comes along, it should be viewed on merit. However if there any connections (such as the people engaged) between the bankrupt organisation and the new organisation, then people will naturally be wary. If the new organisation has very high profile advertising, which is rather less than transparent, it will make customers very wary indeed.
This very public display of rather pathetic in-fighting suggets left-over connections somewhere, and can do little to enhance anyone's view of GA.
Let alone what a regulator might make of it !
When a new firm comes along, it should be viewed on merit. However if there any connections (such as the people engaged) between the bankrupt organisation and the new organisation, then people will naturally be wary. If the new organisation has very high profile advertising, which is rather less than transparent, it will make customers very wary indeed.
This very public display of rather pathetic in-fighting suggets left-over connections somewhere, and can do little to enhance anyone's view of GA.
Let alone what a regulator might make of it !
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Flight Academy Blackpool/Aircraft Grouping/Silverstar Maintenence Services and Equity Air would like to assertain that we have no connections or involvement with any other flying school on the airfeild that has previously been bankrupt and re started under another name. Neither do we or our staff involve ourselves with any individual involved with any of these old/new companies. We promote our companies as new generation companies with new generation aircraft with total transparency and are very proud of what we have acheived so far and will acheive in the future.
We thank all for the great comments on this thread and it just goes to show (not including a couple of people who are not our customers) that our hard work has paid off.
We thank all for the great comments on this thread and it just goes to show (not including a couple of people who are not our customers) that our hard work has paid off.