Originally Posted by
FutureWannabe
All I can say is wow, didn't expect such high quality, in depth responses, thank you so much everyone.
Still have a few nagging questions though:
1) To put it simply why does integrated...exist? In a perfect world, you would think people would go for the cheapest and most flexible option leaving integrated courses deserted, but the opposite seems to be true. Is it just the whiff of a possible advantage when applying for jobs or is there something more I'm missing?
2) In terms of dual licensing, how would this work when undertaking a modular course, two sets of exams for each stage or some kind of different arrangement?
3) Somewhat related to the second question, how would working for an EU airline work when being based in the UK? Do the likes of RYR have their EI registered aircraft based at let's say STN for EASA licensed crew?
4) For the "downwards creditable" exams part rudestuff talked about, does that essentially mean you do the ATPL exams first and then that's a "get out of jail free card" for the CPL and IR ones?
p.s - I'm not sure if I'm doing the whole quote/reply thing correctly so if it turns into a complete mess, apologies.
Can only answer the first question really. Advertising. Plain and simple. They sell a dream with fancy marketing and pictures of models sitting on wings wearing lots of fancy gold bars on their shoulders. It’s all fluff. Money making sausage factories. But if you’re 18 and Mummy and Daddy have a bucket load of cash, doesn’t really matter does it. First thing that pops up will be integrated, job done.