GAR,
Go for something else; I got told the same as you -come back in a few months - and two days later I was offered a place at FTE with BA and they're paying for a load of my training - I found CTC's selection a bit self-styled and weird and it wasn't at all like the airline selection. I was fed a load of bull about expanding my horizons (yeah, that and giving them another £180 in six months time for a retry - no thanks). Go in for all the mentored schemes you can because whatever CTC says to you in their feedback, it's the airlines who know what they want and if you can get them behind you then you're laughing.
Good luck