MDLR---Direct from recruitment in a major airline, Aeros are bottom of the queue when selection happens as its common knowledge they are run by a very greedy family that exploit people rather than focus on training hence the crash that killed a student and their most senior instructor. My conversation was that Aeros were on preferred supplier list but are now removed, as with all things in aviation it changes with cycles.
If airlines are desperate they will take anyone and hours go down, ages go up and salaries increase and now due to recent Ryanair and Thomas cook redundancies its swung the other way so 250 hours now becomes 500 etc this makes it harder for the new graduates so you need to ensure that you have a good school on your CV as something like 700 Thomas Cooke pilots looking for a job and not any job, a UK based job make it a buyers market for airline recruiters, they can pick and choose as they please.....so be selective in your school selection, most importantly it fits in with your life and budget. Try and get a fixed price school.