Family has not ‘slept or eaten’ since €85k pilot training course suspension

One of the 200 families affected by the Florida pilot training crisis have said they “haven’t slept or eaten since this nightmare began”.

Eleven days ago, trainee pilots in the US were told that their €85,000 course was being suspended due to a failure by Pilot Training College (PTC) in Co Waterford to make promised payments to the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), their US teaching partner.

Its understood that up to €1m could be outstanding. Both sides are now locked in a legal battle, with PTC accusing its Florida colleagues of breach of contract.