My feelings about Oxford are; it seems very 'commercial'. They seemed to spend a lot of money on paying marketing type people to tell them what to say, what to write in their brochures and how to hard sell. This put me off slightly as I prefer a much more honest approach. I know of someone who trained with them, and the one story that sticks out is he had two engine failures in one day on the same aircraft out in Phoenix, which doesn't sound right.
I preferred Cabair because they didn't hard sell, in fact, one of the guys said to me that some people are right for them and some aren't. The Diamonds looked like good fun too! However, the people who have been through Cabair have told me to avoid them 'because once they have your money e.t.c...', but I couldn't seem to see where this reputation they have came from when visiting. But I guess they are very careful about what they say to visitors...