Ok, so bashing OAA is a bit like a stuck record. Where I am coming from is that I have a personal vendetta against the exploitation of wannabees in general. See my other posts, eg on the Easyjet "pay to work" scheme.
Having come through the modular UK flight training system and having overcome the struggle to get my first airline job, I can now view things "from the other side" as it were.
It is now clear to me just how pathetic and rediculus wannabe exploitation by the likes of Ryan Air, OAA, etc really is. The amount of sh*te talked by them to justify their greed is unbelievable.
Wannabe pilots are like a rotting corpse surrounded by flies.
The wannabes are the corpse and the flies are the FTOs et al, all scrambling to get their pound of cash.