i have just been with OFT for 2 months and they are not as bad as i had been led to believe. When they are running good, they are really good, but when they are bad, it makes you want to leave there and then. The organisation is not brilliant but better than i have experienced elsewhere. The aircraft are pretty beaten up, there are days when out of 11 pa28's, up to 9 will go into maintainence.
The instructors are first class. They have had quite a few new instructors start and the student/instructor ratios have dropped. some instructors are down to 2 or 3 students now.
Most of the dispatch staff are awsome!
The main thing with OFT, along with most other places is keep on top of your account or money will go to things that it shouldn't be.
On the whole, i think OFT is getting better since the FAA/JAA split. It is not a bad place to train as long as you are ready to be patient and stressed at times.