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[Added Extra]

If OAT were offering the best training in the industry (which I'm sure they can do) but at a slightly higher price then other training organisations, would you opt for OAT?. .. .OAT still has a reputation for turning out the best students, but they need to achieve this day in day out.. . . . <small>[ 18 March 2002, 14:33: Message edited by: Added Extra ]</small>

[MAX]

OATS churn out the 'best students' do they? What about the 'best pilots'? Food for thought.. .. .MAX <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

[MJR]

Oh No!, not another boring thread about the credibility of OATS Blah Blah Blah. Perhaps we should have an OATS forum where people can be terninally boring.

[Wee Weasley Welshman]

Its a largely pointless thread. However it does raise once more the question of how OATS have achieved this image of being the premier FTO.. .. .Not that I wish to say they aren't or that there is any such thing in fact. And not to bash OATS - a fine school.. .. .But I wonder is it:. .. . Size of college. .. .Price of course. .. .Volume and quality of marekting. .. .British Airways contract. .. .Word of mouth. .. .Luck . .. .I do not have the answer. But its puzzled me before. My personal recommendation is to largely avoid the large FTO's, find a small fully commerical FTO in you area and develop with them an important customer relationship following the modular route. . .. .In these times it is perhaps even better advice. During the hight times pre Sept11 there was a tiny chance that Large Airlines would call BAE/CABAIR/OATS/SFT and ask them to send there top 5 self sponsored students for an interview next week. That no longer happens... .. .WWW. . . . <small>[ 18 March 2002, 16:27: Message edited by: Wee Weasley Welshman ]</small>