ITCZ,
You have hit the nail on the head. I have completed the Alteon course and found it to be very substandard. Almost impossible to get any help when doing the CBT component. My induction lasted 5mins because the instructor had lost the welcome to Alteon CD. Explained where the coffee room was then the CBT room and handed us our manuals. Tried to find the instructors a few times but kept getting the same reply, "sorry, he's in a meeting/sim/not here". A very condensed course for an initial. I was lucky coming off the 717 and pity the poor bloke coming across from GA.
In the end have a go if your keen but be prepared to work your ring off for 5 weeks.
Cheers