[lesliep]

More than 140 Chinese students, who had hoped to become pilots, are trapped in a Palm Coast, Florida apartment complex without income, electricity, food or transportation. They have fallen victims of a flight school that shut down and filed bankruptcy. The school location is Palm Coast, Florida.
The students were sponsored by Chinese airlines to learn to become pilots at the school. The CAPT Program (Commercial Airline Pilot Training Program) was paid several thousands of dollars per student to provide them training, housing and a food allowance.
Having been left sauve qui peut , the apartment rent is due and there is no money for food. The students have been in the US for over a year. Their visa status prevents them from getting jobs. Their school manual stipulates that they cannot use local transportation as well.
Appeals to the school's director have gone unanswered. Their only resource has been to go to the media to see if anyone will come forward to assist them. This should be considered a warning to anyone thinking of paying money to go to the US for study. Never pay everything up front.
Meanwhile, the program website still advertises for students. It would seem logical that the program attempt to relocate the students elsewhere, along with all the promised benefits, in light of their school closing. However, the fate of the students remains "up in the air."
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[Polishgirl]

I heard this story a while back. I thought it was being taken care of my the Chinese. Oh, this is so sad for the students.

[gracie]

Cite your source, please? Was this in the News journal?

[Lincoln]

Yes it's been in the papers..From what I've read on the school's site, tuition paid for everything, including room & board/transportation...Expensive too...I feel bad for the students..

[Artycraft]

I knew the school had closed and I wondered what had happened to the students. I had thought they went back home. This is terrible. What an impression America is making on them.

[lesliep]

I found the article interesting as we have many asian men who walk past my house many times a day walking to Publix, Target, etc..... I had wondered what was up, and I believe this is the answer. They seem to live in the apts on Rt 100 west of Belle Terre....

[computacat]

County officials extend helping hand to CAPT
AARON LONDON - STAFF WRITER
February 7, 2009; Page 01B
Article ID: 410372983
While officials with the Commercial Airline Pilot Training program and its parent company, Flight Training Service International, continue to look for ways to reopen the flight school, Flagler County officials are keeping their fingers crossed. "We're hoping that CAPT is successful in seeking to maintain their flight school during these difficult economic times," the county said in a news release. "They are working aggressively to secure the Click here for the complete article (481 words). $2.95


Flight students await news on future of program
STAFF REPORT
February 6, 2009; Page 02C
Article ID: 410372209
PALM COAST - Students enrolled in the Commercial Airline Pilot Training program at the Flagler County Airport are in a holding pattern while company officials work to reopen the school. The flight training school abruptly closed in late January. At the time, school officials said they hoped to reopen by the first week of February.
Several students, who asked not to be identified by name, said they were told by school representatives the flight program would reopen Monday, then Wednesday.
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Flagler flight program grounded
Chinese students' futures uncertain
AUDREY PARENTE and AARON LONDON - STAFF WRITERS
January 26, 2009; Page 01C
Article ID: 410364588
PALM COAST - The Chinese New Year isn't starting out well for about 160 Chinese flight students of Commercial Airline Pilot Training Program at the Flagler County Airport. While some students, connected to Chinese universities and airlines, prepared celebratory dinners at their Palm Coast apartment complex Sunday to welcome in the Year of the Ox, they held serious concerns for their futures.
Following Friday classes, students received e-mails letting them know flight operations
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Flight school expands global presence
AARON LONDON - STAFF WRITER
December 3, 2008; Page 03A
Article ID: 410330439
Flagler County's place in the global village is about to get a little bigger. A group of eight flight students from Kazakhstan are set to arrive this month to begin training at the Commercial Airline Pilot Training program facility at the Flagler County Airport.
The students, sponsored by Air Astana in Almaty, Kazakhstan, are the latest to be trained at the CAPT program's Flagler County facility.

"It is an incredible honor that CAPT has been chosen to
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Pilot training expansion to give boost to county
AARON LONDON - STAFF WRITER
September 20, 2008; Page 01B
Article ID: 410280650
BUNNELL - The Commercial Airline Pilot Training program at the Flagler County Airport took another big step forward this week when county commissioners approved a tax incentive request from the company. The company, which operates a flight training school at the airport and recently expanded operations to Cecil Field, is seeking a Qualified Targeted Industry tax credit from the state of Florida. The tax credit is based on the number of jobs created.
The company is looking to expand its
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CAPT expansion stretches north
Flight training school opens campus at Jacksonville's Cecil Field

AARON LONDON - STAFF WRITER
August 23, 2008; Page 01B
Article ID: 410262526
The Commercial Airline Pilot Training program, headquartered at the Flagler County Airport, is expanding. The school, part of Flight Training Services International, is opening a new campus at Cecil Field in Jacksonville. The CAPT program will occupy a space at Cecil Field with a capacity for 60 to 80 students. The program offered will be identical to the curriculum at the school's primary location in Flagler County. Training devices at the new campus include AATDs and FTDs, and Click here for the complete article (317 words). $2.95

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[RCLilo]

can we as a community reach out to them? I see a lot of Chinese young men crossing the streets from super target to the apartments a lot of the time, i always wondered why there were so many, now I know...I'm sad.

[PhotoMom]

can we as a community reach out to them? I see a lot of Chinese young men crossing the streets from super target to the apartments a lot of the time, i always wondered why there were so many, now I know...I'm sad.

I'd be willing to help out.

[Starfyre]

I'd be willing to help out.

So would I.....

[creampuff]

Count me in too.

[marliegirl]

I would help. We could donate a bag of food. Thats horrible. Let me know if we need to get a collection together of food . .

[PhotoMom]

Who can we contact about this? We'd need a point of contact for the group. I'd be happy to contact the group but just need to know who to call.

[RCLilo]

yeah, we do....how do we help them without scaring them is the question...especially seeing as how, um, they've been treated....I dont want them thinking all Americans are this way. i wonder what dialect they speak because then, I can find some chinese people who can translate from my church...hmmm.

[sher329]

We can help out too