Hi Gary,
I would recommend OATS because of the following:
A) The best instructors. (In terms of experience, quality of instruction and subject specialists.)
B) The facilities. (The flight ops is designed like an airline ops department. There is free internet cafe. There is free access to 14 simulators, free of charge, 24hrs a day.)
C) There is ''onsite'' CAA exam centre and resident CAA flight examiners who conduct CPL/me and IR tests. (You do not have to travel for your ground exams as all is held in-house.)
D) The OATS on your CV bit. (I am still sceptical about this, although I am open to persuasion.)
E) The MCC & JOT is best available in the league of FTOs. (Again experienced instructors here come to mind. Ex training Captains and serving Capts.)
I would NOT recommend OATS for the following:
F) The administration. (This FTO has the worst administration that I have ever come across. However, once you are in training there is no question about the quality of training.)
G) The price. (If you need extra hours on Seneca, you need to budget for £426 an hour! that is OTT.)
About me:
I was Modular student and I did all my training with OATS. I saved around 20k and I am going to be using this 20k to spend on Type rating very soon.
All the best.
M