Integrated IS SIMPLY SUPERIOR to modular
Hi, i've been reading these threads for a coulpe of years now and i think it's time to let people know the harsh realities of the aviation world.
In my experience and in the experience of ALL my friends, integrated students find life much much easier in the first time job market. This is simply not up for debate. With the exception of about 5% of the people who i graduated with (may 06) all of us are flying big shiny jets. I'm flying a 737-800NG for a large uk charter airline and i have friends in ba, bmi easyjet, jet2 and thomascook to name but a few. You've probably guessed i went to oxford, where i met lots of modular students too. these guys, all nice people, just struggled when it came time to find a job only 2 of the 12 guys i'm still in touch with are actually being paid to fly aircraft -one in a seneca doing air taxi for about £6000 a year and the other is instructing in a 152 after laying out another few grand for an instructor rating. another one is actually p2 in that skyvan piece of dung pigy - and not even getting a dime for his troubles.
so there you have it, the best modular students (oxford ones) in the country just can't get jobs.
All the airlines oxford put people forward to just aren't interested in modular students, atleast not when there a so many integrated students ready and waiting.
whether you think this is fair or not is irrelevant, it's fact and that's life. it sickens me when i see people here telling wannabes the modular is just as good (if not better) than integrated. this is rubbish, coming from bitter modular students, and it's completely unfair to wannabes who have no other source of info.
It doesn't matter if you pass everything first time as a modular student because if you can't get your cv in the door no-ones going to know. Anyway, airlines know that the ir examiners a the integrated schools are notably tougher than at the little modular schools.