COVID-19 Update

Today's announcement of an immediate move to Level 3 and then to Level 4 in 48 hours time make it impossible to continue with our face-to-face courses.

For those who are booked on courses, those courses are now deferred until we have some idea of when we will be back to Level 2 or below.

We are also working on a virtual course offering. We cannot do a virtual flight test, but we can potentially do the classroom component in a virtual setting that still allows for interaction with the instructor and your class mates. We are working through the logistics and what form this might take, but will let you know as soon as we are able.

Until then, stay physically distant but not socially isolated,

Andrew Shelley
Chief Executive

COVID-19 Coronavirus: ASMS is still open for business

In this time when coronavirus precautions are having a significant impact on the way that New Zealanders travel, conduct business, and go about their daily lives, I wanted to assure you that we are still open for business.

By taking sensible precautions we can continue to deliver courses and enable you to continue to operate your business.

The Ministry of Health advises that the symptoms of COVID-19 are:

• a cough;
• high temperature; and
• shortness of breath.

If you have any of these symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has been confirmed as having COVID-19, please do not come to the course. Your first priority is to self-isolate and telephone Healthline on 0800 358 5453. Once you have done that please let us know that you won’t be able to attend the course because of possible COVID-19 exposure, and we will hold your enrolment over to a future course.

Please also be aware that if a large proportion of people on a given course are unable to attend then we may have to defer the course until a later date so that we can continue to cover costs.

Of course, we may also have to defer a course if all of our instructors are required to self-isolate, or are unable to travel because of dependent children who are required to self-isolate. If that happens we will advise you as soon as possible that the course will be unable to proceed.

For more information on COVID-19 see the Ministry of Health website.