FTOs
I can't tell you which FTO is best but I do know that airlines, generally, prefer pilots who come through the integrated route. Saving money here and there by doing bits of training in different schools might sound good, but it doesn't impress airlines. Good FTOs defend their reputations by having a taut selection system which includes PILAPT or COMPASS or similar. Airlines know that and go with it. You can challenge the system all you like, but if you want to get in, you've got to go with it, at least until you become the CP or HoT and can make a change. If you pass the selection procedure with OAC or FTE or CTC or PTC or whatever, at least you know you should get a return on your Euros97,000 or £Sterling 70,000. If you head off down the cheapo route, you can't be sure of anything.