I have to agree with V2 on two counts. The school you go to plays a vital role first because you can't get a job without the training and all wannabes consider this when choosing the school best for them. I think even the most cynical ones on this thread would agree or else, they wouldn't put so much effort into finding the school that is right for them. They could just choose the cheapest or the one closest to their home or whatever. Don't tell me none of you ever ask what the graduate job success looks like when you visit FTOs! When wannabes quit asking this question, FTOs will quit publishing the results.
FTOs are are an easy place for an airline to find high quality low hour pilots. The fact that most airlines chose integrated schools when they did sponsorship programmes still carries weight today without airline scholarships as they still hire in large numbers from their previous training partners. BA sponsorship was provided by FTE and OAT and guess where BA get most of their low hour hires from today? BMI used OAT and have taken some 25 grads from them this year. Who did Aer Lingus go to when they started hiring again, their old sponsored training provider. The fact applies mostly to integrated schools as that is where most sponsorship was, but CTC has done well by adopting certain characteristics of integrated courses for their heretofore modular offering. Now even they appear to be going integrated. You can ignore this and still do well if you are a decent chap and get good results, but don't slag off others who notice this trend and decide to hedge their bets, as they have to make the int vs mod decision befor ethey ahve any results. It's horses for courses and this thread is about two integrated schools, not mod vs. int.
I also agree with his last paragraph, but would add that getting on in an organization by not rocking the boat too much is a skill needed as an employee, not just a student. I believe in using silver bullets sparingly and generally only when there is a werewolf around. In other words, don't whine over petty stuff, save your chits for safety related matters or serious ethical breaches and don't spend them complaining about the food in the canteen because no canteen ever has good food,