I have a conditional job offer from BA before I start training. The catch is I have to study at one of their four approved ATOs (of which Leading Edge would be mine).
I wouldn’t at all consider integrated if I wasn’t tagged, but now I have a job offer waiting, it makes it worth considering. So, modular untagged or integrated tagged?
My big reservation with LE isn’t the price - frankly I can deal with the extra £40k compared to modular if it’s essentially ‘insurance’ that I can get a job (in this case with BA). My concern is their financial position. I mean, they want £50k+ before even touching an aircraft when the theory portion would cost no more than £10k for them to run. Meanwhile I could get to start my MEIR going modular after £50k… it gives the impression that my money is used to pay for the class ahead of me (sounds a lot like a Ponzi scheme). They don’t take credit card payments that would give me protection from their bankruptcy.
The risk of modular is not landing a job, the risk of integrated is LE collapsing on me during training.