I've been considering going to Oxoford too as I really liked the place when I visited, I dont think there are any other FTO's like it. But after looking in detail at the Waypoint package I decided that its not worth the extra cash. its £25,000 for the Course £3,000 for the skills test package, approx £2,000 for food, accomodation, and about £2,500 for the DL package.
Thats £32,500 not such a bad price, but when you can get all the FAA licences in the USA, plus the JAA ones for less than £25,000.
And i've been told by so many people to differ myself from the other 250 hour pilots and try to build hours first, whether its by flight instrucing, TP flying or both. After paying out £32k to Oxford I couldnt aford to do this.
And to be honest I personally think you need the hours rather than the name on your CV, but thats my view, I dont know what matters the most to the airlines.
I've also been told by many airline pilots to enjoy my flying before moving on to the the big jets, as thats when it starts to become less fun everyday.
Im going to aim to have about 2,000 hours before applying for my first airline jet job, hopefully this will include some TP hours too. Basically my aim is to unfreeze both FAA ATP and JAA ATPL's.
I hope im doing the right thing, but good luck what ever you choose to do
