Much as it pains me to say this, it does appear that more and more airlines are delegating part of their ab-initio pilot recruiting process to the major integrated schools; that is Oxford, FTE Jerez, CTC and Cabair. I think that they are shortsighted and, in fact, plain wrong if they decide only to recruit from these sources, but I can't deny that it's happening.
The ramifications for modular students and schools are not good, I'm afraid, although the very best of both will always get through. I can see a day when, by default, these four schools (or similar new ventures) will have tied up the vast majority of the commercial training market. That means that the days of the sub-£100,000 ATPL are now distinctly numbered.
Scroggs