that is very true, however there are more approved airline schemes than what was in place before September 11th where A-levels may be importent.
CTC represents almost 2 handfulls of airlines.
Flybe has an approved scheme at both FTE and Oxford, a special scheme at Atlantic and Sponsorship at Cabair.
BA CitiFlyer has an approved scheme at FTE
Thmoas Cooke has an approved through Oxford,
Net Jets through Oxford,
Thomsonfly at FTE has an approved scheme,
Excel, at Oxford
so there are quite a few to aim for and because they are financed through the bank there tend to be more places available than original sponsorships.