Oxford graduates
Might and I stress the
Might have a very slight edge compared to other FTO's. The airlines more often are concerned with wether or not you have gone down the integrated vs the modular route than which FTO you went to.
The posting by Dis80786 saying
in the eyes of the airlines puts Oxford mods/ints ahead of the other schools before we even open a book
smacks of believing all the marketing that is fed to you. Unfortunatly this just isnt true, and I speak as an OATS graduate who was fortunate enough to get a job. The airlines will go to the FTO that they have a history with, be it OATS or wherever.
The edge you will recieve from an FTO like OATS is that they do have limited contacts within certain airlines and if you are one of the very few lucky ones you
may get an interview through them. The VAST majority however who get jobs, will do so through their own efforts,not due to which FTO they went to but because of the shear determination they put in to getting the job.
If you go to OATS do so because you have researched all the available FTO options available and you have decided that OATS gives you the best package overall. OATS is good, so are many of the others. You are far more likely to get a job because you have done well than you are to get one
because you went to OATS.
One thing I noticed at OATS, about the students was that there were many who believed that the OATS label would get them a job. Many scraped through, put little effort into job hunting and didnt get jobs. Unfortunatly these tended to be the people who had had it given to them on a plate, and hadnt had to work to get into OATS and didnt pay their own fees. The ones who worked hard, got good results, and worked equaly as hard at getting a job where the ones who succeeded, this is the same whatever FTO you go to.
Your fate after graduation is in your own hands, you have to put in as much effort and determination as you did to get through the course in the first place. Should you get a job through the FTO then well done and good on you, however this is in reality a pipe dream. 99% of you will get jobs through contacts, CVs and shear determination. The most important of theses being determination, if you dont have that then find another career.