NO NOT BRISTOL
You have to be careful here in who you believe, do you really know whose giving you the advice? I can tell you this that I know of at least 10 -15 people who left Bristol and went to other places with better instructors and a more "hands on" approach with the students. If your impressed by expensive clicky CBTs then your going to buy the Bristol package (it won't be a quick easy way to learn) If you have previous experience then you'll get by o.k. The other options are Oxford and GTS in the Bournemouth, GTS being the RAF favourite and rightly so and if I were just starting out they would be mine. Oxford are also good but bristol if you live in London forget it. 3 hrs away and over- rated 25 to a class, a rushed 2 weeks programme and some very unhappy ex students.