Varadkar rules out compensation for trainee pilots

The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar says neither the Government not the Irish Aviation Authority will be able to compensate the 80 student pilots who were left stranded in Florida earlier this month after their training was suspended.

Varadkar rules out compensation for trainee pilots

The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar says neither the Government not the Irish Aviation Authority will be able to compensate the 80 student pilots who were left stranded in Florida earlier this month after their training was suspended.

The students from the Pilot Training College in Waterford had paid up to €80,000 for their course at the Florida Institute of Technology Aviation.

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