American School of Aviation became biggest aviation scam of our times

Living in US? Call India as low as 4 cent per minute with Airtel This whole issue of American School of Aviation has become such an important issue for all of us in travel industry that we cannot just let it go. I was most concerned by the reports being published in American media which [...]

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California ‘Prince’ dupes aspiring pilots. Students evicted from their accommodation.

Living in US? Call India as low as 4 cent per minute with Airtel This is a follow up of my last post, More than 100 Indian Students Stranded in USA due to Aviation School shutdown.The students, who shelled out about $40,000 each in the hope of finding jobs as pilots in India’s booming civil [...]

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Air India pilots fell asleep during Dubai – Jaipur – Bombay Flight.

One of the horrors of air-travelers came alive when an Air India Jaipur-Bombay flight flew well past its destination with both its pilots fatigued and fast asleep in the cockpit. When the pilots were finally woken up by anxious Bombay air traffic controllers, the plane was about half way to Goa. This dream come true sleep [...]

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More than 100 Indian Students Stranded in USA due to Aviation School shutdown

Living in US? Call India as low as 4 cent per minute with Airtel Breaking news is coming from California this hour where more than 100 Indian students training to be pilots have been left stranded after their Aviation Academy (American School of Aviation) abruptly shut-down. One of the student emailed me last night with [...]

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Do we really need extra toppings?

Its not easy to be an agent only and remain an agent throughout. You need some extra toppings also, stuff like various accreditation, memberships an extra membership and another accreditation just in case you are barred from the first one. In the beginning I was thinking that only important thing for an agent is to [...]

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Shame over foreign students in Melbourne

RACIST attacks, second-rate colleges, greedy landlords and low-paid jobs are making life a misery for many foreign students in Melbourne. Seventeen foreign students died in Victoria in the past year from boarding home fires, murders, car crashes and drownings. A savage assault on student taxi driver Jalvinder Singh two months ago has led to warnings [...]

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Education agents take big slice of the pie from Australian Universities

According to an article written by Mark Dunn in Herald Sun (published from Melbourne) EDUCATION agents are making a fortune in commissions by recruiting foreign students for Melbourne universities and private colleges. There are 135,000 foreign students in Melbourne and hundreds more are added each month. Education agents, many of whom work offshore in India [...]

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