Since you still obviosuly have no licence - I wouldn't consider you to be a reliable source of information.
Having said that, I just try to prevent a balanced view.
The Instructor to Student ratio should not "normally" be above 6:1 - it isn't normally above 3:1. The majority of my time instructing I had on average 3 students.
APP students are instructed when our capacity is pushed by FAA instructors for their FAA ratings. Given the fact EFT is the
only FTO abroad to have the majority if not all of their instructors JAA qualified, this isn't so bad.
Your right EFT does not provide synthetic training - because we don't have a sim!
Polorutz provides the best post I have ever seen about flight training or FTOs.
You get what you put into it!
I learnt as a student not as an instructor that those who leave and moan about schools very quickly move onto their next school to do exactly the same
