Originally Posted by GrahamK123
Although going down that way of thinking you could ask why you have to be interviewed to go to Oxbridge.... afterall you are the paying customer....
I would argue that this parallel is a but tenuous.
You leave college with a academic qualification which has potential value for the remainder of your working life. You will soon learn that in professional aviation, and particularly until you get a salaried flying position, you are constantly working to maintain licence validity (renewals, medicals, exams etc).
The point I am making is that you must be prepared to push the FTOs to give you the best possible service so that you can secure the best possible future for yourself. It is easy (particularly in integrated schools) to get into the mindset that the FTOs hold all the cards. They don't. This is something that anyone who is considering starting flight training needs to hear.
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