What a load of rubbish.
BGS never encouraged anyone to post on PPRuNe whilst I was there.
High Wing Drifter said that BGS was very PPRuNe aware and indeed I learnt about PPRuNe whilst I was there on Module 2. It was other students who told me about it, not BGS staff.
The terminal is indeed available for anyone to use but whilst I was there students were using it to check their email accounts and flights home, coupled with a few laugh's on SimRadar, I don't recall PPRuNe being visited.
If you put 5 wannabies who are aware of PPRuNe in the mess room with 40 other wannabies then PPRuNe is likely to come up in conversation and the good word will spread.
Why Keith and Alex need to argue with each other all the time is beyond me. Both schools are aimed at different markets. I live in Bournemouth but I didn't even consider EPTA because I have a huge mortgage to pay so I had to keep working, therefore full time groundschool was not an option. I did not consider a distance course from Bournemouth either as I figured that there would be too many distractions during the brush up, therefore being stuck in a B & B in Somerset seemed the best option. I was also advised by the CFI at my flying school that Bristol were a good groundschool and BGS came out on top for me after I’d looked at all the different options.
The subject of large classes at BGS keeps getting thrown around by Keith. I don't see that it matters how large the class is so long as each individual’s questions get answered. The instructors will stay behind after class for as long as is required in order to make sure that the student is happy with the subject. The instructors even give out their home phone numbers in case of panic attacks after the brush up has finished.
I keep supporting Bristol as I was very happy with their service. They enabled me to get 14 first time passes with an average of 93%. I've been out of full time education for 11 years, I got below average grades at GCSE and I failed my BTEC ONC in Electrical and Electronic engineering which I attended on day release from my apprenticeship. By my reckoning that makes BGS a good bet and I would recommend them to anyone. Had I of studied at another groundschool and been just as impressed I would obviously be writing about them now.
It annoys me when you get people like pseudonym66 abusing this system. His first ever post is "No not Bristol" when he didn't even go there. He likes GTS, so fine tell us about GTS, show us some students who got good results (preferably not more first time posting pseudonyms) and maybe people will consider them over Bristol.
Let's try and answer people’s questions about groundschools with honest opinions of students who have actual experience and keep the fighting between schools out of these threads.
Wow I'll climb down off of my soapbox now.
SW
