This thread has become a joke.
It started out as someone who has chosen Oxford saying something positive. Then Scroggs, the moderator merged another thread that was a complete Oxford Bash Fest with it, thereby hijacking the original. How can he honestly claim to be a neutral moderator?
Then Alex Whittington, who runs Bristol Ground School, jumps in and bashes OAT in a rather obvious self promotional attempt. What he fails to tell you is that the promotional CD he sends out for his own ground school includes Oxford's marketing photos. I guess that is one way for him to reduce his marketing budget, but if OAT's such a crappy school, why does he want to be associated with it by including photos of guys wearing Oxford logos in his own promotional materials? Could it be his relationship with them soured when they cut the price of their own self study Ground below his so now he feels the need to bash them.
He also doesn't tell you the reason CTC's application pass rate is so low is because they are running a sponsorship scheme. He also doesn't tell you that CTC Wings is a Modular training programme. He also doesn't tell you that it costs the same as Oxford's Integrated programme. Quite a few have made a big deal that Modular training costs as low as £30K less than OAT's Integrated course, so why, may I ask, does CTC's Modular cost the same as an Integrated course? Could it be people are willing to pay more for the job security? Isn't that exactly why people choose Oxford and FTE? Why then is nobody bashing CTC like they do Oxford.
Nobody bashes an expensive quasi sponsorship (Yes quasi, because CTC cadets pay for their training) scheme, but they bash the one people have to pay for at OAT. Those same people would have given their left testicle to have gotten a seat on APPs predecessor when it was mainly filled with BA, BMI and Aer Lingus cadets, but now they complain about the price. It really seems to come down to those who can't afford spiting those who can.
Like Scroggs says, don't leave your critical faculties at home!