If you are going down the DL route then bristol.gs wins hands down, they have come highly recommended by several pilot friends and by a current student I'm mates with.
I work better in a lecture type environment so I chose a Residential course.
It is not my place to slate EPTA because I am not a student there but I did look into them as well as BCFT when I was making my choice. As they say, first impressions count and on the day I visited both the schools my mind was made up.
This is why I chose BCFT:
-Smaller class sizes (Max 15 rather than 20+)
-Genuine interest from the instructors in ME rather than my wallet
-Wasn't whisked off into an office by a sales rep a soon as I entered the premises
-Had a chance to chat alone with the current students to see what they thought of the place
-Wasn't given an irrelevant tour of European Aviation's flight simulator hall
-Chatted informally with an instructor and was shown the training manuals
-Didn't have a load of building work going on right outside the classrooms!
BCFT are well worth the extra dough IMHO, and I have yet to find fault with them
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