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Closed REMOVE VAT ON PILOT TRAINING

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Have you ever lost enthusiasm from your dream of becoming a pilot because its very expensive? Have you ever asked yourself that Are you rich enough to afford pilot training?
Is there any job guarantee after training? Are you like one of us who work 16 hours a day, pay taxes, save every penny towards the pilot training and then pay VAT taxes again?

Typical cost of becoming a Pilot in Uk is around £60000-£100000 including Type Rating with no job guarantee.

Many of The self-funded student has gone away, basically because there are no financial means available to them.

According to Boeing Long Term Market forecast's :- 'A pilot shortage has already arisen in many regions of the world. Airlines across the globe are expanding their fleets and flight schedules to meet surging demand in emerging markets'.

Lets work together and urge our government to remove VAT on flight training because Every Little Helps

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