Four flying schools’ operations suspended since mid-2011
Posted on January 31, 2012, Tuesday
PUTRAJAYA: The operations of four flying schools which offered pilot training have been suspended since the middle of last year after it was found that they had management and financial problems.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the problems faced by these flying schools in Sandakan, Bintulu, Johor Baharu and Ipoh were internal and beyond the control of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).
He said with regard to their quality of training and syllabus, this was well supervised by the DCA because for as long as the flying schools adhered to the standards set, the licence to operate would be given to them.
“Some flying schools could not continue operating when they were faced with problems like the inability to pay the trainers and rental, getting a lot of complaints from the trainees and so on,” he told a news conference at his office, here, yesterday.
Kong said the suspension of the four flying schools affected the running of the courses for about 250 trainees, but most of them continued their training at other flying schools.
He said the flight training schools in Kota Baharu, Langkawi, Melaka and Terengganu were still in operation.
“We are not short of pilots at the moment, but I just want to remind all potential pilots to be careful in choosing a flying school to train at.”
Kong said this was because flight training was not cheap and could run into hundreds of thousands of ringgit. — Bernama
