Littco
Again I find your comments judgemental and naive! First of all you say pilots who have to resit the ATPL exams should "take a hint" that they are not cut out for it and now you accuse Aim High of being obnoxious for explaining why he developed a 3 stage course at his establishment.
If you actually took time to read it properly, all he said was
"This is exactly why CATS developed the 3 stage course
Only take exams when you are ready
It costs more money and time if you fail
The rest of it was a quote from an earlier post...hardly obnoxious!
One thing studying over 3 stages may give you is more time to actually digest the subjects properly but to be honest with the wide spread question spotting (read that as CHEATING) the whole system is rather pointless now and is just a money making opportunity for the CAA. They are obviously not going to do anything about it so the only fair option is a switch to the FAA one combined paper with public question bank style exam.
I applaud both CATS and BGS for having a reputation for getting the students through and at the same time providing them with excellent study materials and notes. Also both of these schools have computerised question banks which equals the field. No longer do we have a 2 tier system of those who waltz out of the exam hall after 10 mins with a guaranteed pass and a copy of the illegal question bank and those who actually had to study like a bar steward to get through.
The only thing I would suggest before going with a school is getting there pass marks for past students, if they are as good as they claim then I'm sure they would be more than happy to promote this
CATS tagline always used to be (and I presume it still is) "The school with 100% pass rates", they have been trading of this claim for years so I would guess that is "more than happy to promote".
Anyways, this is going totally off thread....
cantw82fly
You just need to decide what’s going to be best for you. Can you absorb information like a sponge? Or do you need that little bit extra time to take in the facts?
You have already decided to do
fulltime groundschool, why not post who you are considering and see what comments you get about the schools (remembering its that the comments all be at least slightly bias as the chances a student has been to both schools you mention is unlikely) or use the search function. Most schools have been discussed on these boards.
