Flight Training

Second bankruptcy

By ozwegian ⋅ February 13, 2010 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Once again I experience that my flight school goes bankrupt. The simulator broke down before Christmas, but we got the Multi-Crew Cooperation course done in January. It was very rewarding. We were put through our paces in a line oriented training programme, facing diversions, challenging approaches in Northern Norway, emergency situations and a completely different way of flying – no longer alone – but as a crew. North European Institute of Aviation closed its doors on 11th February 2010, leaving many of my colleagues stranded in Florida with no money and nowhere to go. When NAIA closed down in September 2008, we had the school in Norway to help us along our way. That is not the situation at the moment, and it would seem as though those still in the U.S. will be facing more or less a double tuition – as the money that was put into the old school is now gone. For my class, although the further costs are not much above what was expected, there are challenging times ahead. Apparently Rørosfly and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority are teaming up to get us through, but nothing is certain as of yet. I’m currently reading for the ATPL theoretical examinations and looking forward to getting done with them.

Flying the Beach King Air B200 FNPT II simulator.