Tayside Aviation Bust

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Got there in the end.

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Just one provider or will they split it up, one in the north, one in the midlands and one on the south

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And excellent lesson in saying the word ā€œpauseā€ without saying the word ā€œpauseā€.

:slight_smile:

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For a flagship program you have got to love the forward planning
Current contract ended Mar 23 - tendering process ongoing and replacement supplier to be named in due course - then the obvious delays in getting course/standards etc approved

Apr 24 anyone? Shall we start a book or sweepstake?

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November 2023

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Standard public sector

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this is exactly my thought and what i implied in my earlier post (#26) - what are the chances of those O18s who have been awarded the scholarship actually seeing itā€¦the irony is those who missed out being U18 will be the first eligible by the time comes around!

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It would be mighty awkward if we limited applicants to O18 and then delayed until the first batch aged outā€¦

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But entirely unsurprising.

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If those cadets donā€™t get to use their scholarship because we screwed up the contract I can see legal action on the horizon.

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you mean like a repeat of the DofE situation where parent kicked up a fuss and the organisation paid for the child to complete the exped via other means??

it would be an interesting precedent if set as ā€œother meansā€ would be a ā€œnon-serviceā€ aircraft that wasnā€™t an approved supplierā€¦

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Third hand information, so dunno how accurate, but is seems possible that a variety of ā€œauditā€ factors (ISO standards, etc) were carried out as part of the tendering process - the bidding trg organisations were apparently visited in advance.

If correct, hopefully that will reduce the overall timeframe to get the successful bidder up & running.

Vested interest - one of our cadets will be going to the new provider!

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I hear tented accommodation may be an optionā€¦

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Fingers crossed, but my money is on a lengthy delay due to a legal challenge brought about by an unsuccessful bidder.

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Another flight school gone bust today :sweat:

https://flyer.co.uk/shorehams-fta-flight-school-closes-with-students-owed-money/

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Shoreham was massive!

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ā€¦and then hey would qualify for the C wings !
Good plan :+1: