scroggs,
"You will notice that, as ever, the respective schools are promoted by their current students who, almost by definition, have no experience of the schools they didn't attend. Therefore their opinions are, not to put too fine a point on it, worthless!"
That is a rather harsh comment. I accept your comment about existing students promoting their own FTOs, however, I have tried to give my personal experience of OAT (not comparing it to other FTOs) and have illustrated a problem that I now face which could also prove to be a significant factor to others when choosing where to train.
I would like to think that I am a mature, intelligent and independent minded person capable of looking objectively at any decision to be made. Surely my opinion is not worthless.