Advice for Integrated Ab-Initio to ATPL

[arpansingla]

Simonsez,

You mention that 'networking' i.e getting to know pilots in companies, and recruitment personnel helps you to gain employment.
However it is fair to say many of the major airlines i.e BA, BMI, Flybe do have interests with the major FTO's such as Oxford, FTE, Cabair. Isn't this a form of networking? If the recruitment personnel have good links with the likes of Oxford, Cabair then can they not mention/supply pilots to them?

I'm not saying that you cannot get a job if you go down the modular route, i'm saying there is a better chance if you go integrated, simply because the airlines have more confidence in the major FTO's, and have been supplied many pilots from them before.