Dooley Calls On Govenment to Help Stranded Trainee Pilots

Clare’s Fianna Fail TD has called on the Transport Minister to ensure that a situation which has seen trainee Irish pilots stranded in Florida cannot happen again.

Around 80 students have been left in limbo after their courses were cancelled by the Florida Institute of Technology due to a financial dispute with the Pilot Training College in Waterford.

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Minister Varadkar says has promised to bring home any pilots who are stranded in Florida, but admits the trainees are unlikely to get back all their fees.