Thanks for the hugs PSD very warming!
You didn't miss anything regarding why we decided to change our chosen training partner, we just didn't think it was necessary to inform you as to our reasons. Sorry for that. As most people know the course run by Mr Lees at RST was indeed a top notch course , unfortunately Mr Lees decided to follow a different career path and left the company to his son who has no CP background.
Dougie , who has been a close friend of Mr Lees took over instructing for Regal and as such conducted a course on our behalf out in Kuwait, along side some of our other instructors. As is always the ethos here at MSI we decided that we liked Dougies style (glad you approve) and decided that with Brummies departure this was an option to continue our quest to provide the best possible training to our students. As you state Dougie is one hell of an instructor.
We are also site sponsors here and as such we feel that synergy between credible training providers is the way forward. At one point did PSD Training not use an SIA provider themselves to deliver their SIA ?? Did you not use an outside provider to deliver the SSO course you were touting??? So what is the difference there? Were you also collecting students?
Just for info we also have to do a lot of local liaison with MOI , Govt ministries and Military, probably a lot more than in the UK as we go about conducting our training , CP and PSD, in an actual unfamiliar environment , which in itself is a good learning curve for some students,that we have encountered,who have never traveled outside of the UK before. To have to use ones wits a bit more whilst performing exercise due to differences in language , culture and attitudes adds to the learning experience.
Our vehicles are UK spec Landrovers and we use local Saloon vehicles with left hand drive and have two advanced driving instructors from the UK on the course , don't really get your point there, if you had one, the students actually learn the differences of driving all sorts of vehicles , automatic, left hand , right hand and also for some on the opposite side of the road for the first time , all of which is entirely relevant to a rounded operator.
As for Hijacking the thread , I agree this is a public forum and as such one is entitled to an opinion , however when it comes to training companies especially one apparently so reputable as to be of college status , slating another , that shows a lack of professional courtesy and to be fair arrogance. There have been many occasions when we have wished you well with ventures , regardless of how we privately though of them because we don't do slanging matches, we prefer to let our results speak for themselves and to date majority of our students, medical , firearms , driving , HECPO and CP have no complaint , they have received a lot more than what they thought they would , OK we didn't have a heated pool or a 5* chef , but we did give exactly what we promised to deliver , quality.
I am sure that the employers of our former students are satisfied that they were well prepared , but then again we don't advocate coming on or giving us 5 * ratings , each student is free to do what he or she so wishes, we don't ask for testimonials nor make promotional videos for You Tube which show our tactics off for personal gain.
Not once did I intimate that yours or anyone else course was purely PowerPoint, not once did I state that you did not do the required amount of exercise or otherwise, I was merely pointing out to potential students that this is in no ways a PowerPoint only course, we know they exist, if that got you hot and bothered a bit, cant think why , only you might answer that?
M