Whilst attending full time ground school, one of the instructors commented that it was wise to do CPL in the UK and IR at one of the better schools in Spain ie FTE or Aerodynamics, reason being because of the huge amount of money saved.
Saying its rare for people to walk out of training and into an airline job, therfore the money saved will cover the cost of doing the FI rating.
Then it becomes not a matter of where you have trained but the hours you have gained after finishing training.
I have a friend on his type rating course for FR, who did his IR in Spain, also on his course and other courses of recent have been OAT Integrated students, highlighting the fact that spending considerably more money for UK training at one of the top schools does not guarantee you a job.
Who is the wise one? and what is the future of flight training in the UK? VAT on training, extortionate fuel costs and the CAA fees well how they can justify them is beyond me, yet again the UK is crippling one of its own industries and people are investing there money abroad.
