In response to G-SPOT, the level is precisely what is required to start an ATPL course. That is GCSE Maths and Physics. It is no higher - so some people dismiss it - but it is no lower, either - and some people underestimate it.
No Sponsor doesn't make it clear whether the course he did was an OAT course or someone else's. If he's already an ATPL, I presume it must have been a year or two ago, before OAT offered our course. He was obviously already at a higher level than some other people on the course he did. Well, I'm pleased, because he should have found the ATPL course that much easier as a result.
Actually, some people don't know how to add and subtract when they start the course. We have to start at a basic level which includes everybody. We progress beyond it quite quickly, though.
As for number on each course, in general there have been around 8 - 10 up till now. It depends largely on the take-up for each session. If it got to 20 or more, we'd probably run 2 parallel courses, or close that course off and offer later students a later date.
Last edited by oxford blue; 9th Jan 2005 at 16:21.