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The school, American Aviation Flight School, allegedly closed due to its large business debt, which totaled between $10 million and $50 million, per the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aopa.org\/news-and-media\/all-news\/2024\/august\/14\/abrupt-flight-school-closure-impacts-students\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" >AOPA<\/a>). However, students who were enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/flight\/\">flight<\/a> school were allegedly directed that they would not be receiving refunds for previously submitted deposits.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several students had already submitted deposits for flight lessons before the flight school filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,2142,1472,629,2021],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-flight-training","category-general-aviation","category-pilots","category-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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