All,
New to Paramotors, and having read the forums suggesting Bailey had poor customer service, I contemplated, as often, many are quick to criticise with no good reason. I thus telephoned Bailey and, on getting their answerphone, I left a message. A week later, having not received any response, I emailed via the address on their web site. That was three weeks ago, and no reply to date.
The evidence thus speaks for itself, and, obviously I that is the level of service before buying, what can one expect afterwards. I see another member is experiencing the same, and he has bought a machine.
Next, and for all members’ amusement, we visited a Midlands based training organisation, and on arrival found a gentleman nailing some roof cladding onto the side of what we can call the club room with a screwdriver head. It comes to pass he is the senior instructor, and is keen to tell us we need to sign up to their £1100.00 course, which will teach us paragliding first, we can joint the BHPA, and get a paragliding licence then we can learn paramotoring, and we can buy our own equipment to train on…
Apparently, we have to be qualified paragliders before we can learn paramotoring at extra cost of course…..
I must observe that some people set their stall out clearly to take as much money of any potential trainee at the earliest opportunity.
Read what you wish into this, but I have read the AAIB accident report which details a training school using a glider with a minimum weight far above the weight of the trainee, and the trainee dies during the towing activity of the school, with the tow rope below the minimum length.
Needless to say, we sourced our training from another trainer, and the standard, quality, and un-bias approach of the trainer was outstanding.
Perhaps the training school we first spoke with have never heard of an air navigation order, and indeed seem unable to document their claim that paragliding must come first!!