Originally Posted by Re-Heat
I think that some opinions are somewhat utopic that the days of sponsorship will return again - this is the next best thing and should be chosen well above modular - if you are indeed in a position to be able to choose.
The subject of integrated vs modular has been done to death, so I won't go into it here. But suffice to say your sentence sums it up perfectly. "If you can choose" - some of us don't have £65000 available to us. When I can go modular and save myself £35000 - which will buy me a new car AND a nice type rating on an aircraft of my choice, why should I succomb to the hype of going to a training school just because it's looked on slightly (and even that could be the basis for a flamewar) more favorably.
I object to the concept of integrated schools, I think they are money making empires setup by unscrupulous individuals who want to make simply that. Money. I fail to see how integrated can be twice as expensive as modular when the training is more or less the same.
And for what it's worth, I KNOW the days of true sponsorship are over.
Horgy