I would tend to disagree with the above.
If we consider UK North Sea employment, where are the big 3 sourcing their guys from? Increasingly it seems to be from their own IR courses, Cabair and Bristow Academy. And understandably so...
From the employers position, choosing an integrated graduate has a certain number of 'guarantees'. The student has done the training in a condensed period of time and hasn't had any lapses of training. The training environment is closely monitored at all times, with regular progress reporting to chart how the student is doing throughout the course both in the air and on the ground. The groundschool is thorough, often provided by lecturers with years worth of personal experience. This is a particularly significant point. The amount of material to learn for the JAA ATPL syllabus is significant. Trying to digest all the information by reading it on your tod is some feat. With only a couple of places operating JAA courses, the employers can also gauge the quality of the flight instruction quite easily.
I would agree that there are many other factors to consider before a candidate is chosen, but trying to dum down that there is little or no difference in whether you've been trained in a modular or integrated way is a little naive if you ask me...
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