Hi RB84
I just thought I would give you my reasons:
I chose CTC because after speaking to lots and lots and lots of people, the two FTOs that were constantly recommended were CTC and FTE. The people I asked ranged from very experienced pilots (20+ years flying) to recent graduates and modular guys from all the FTOs.
I looked and spoke about everything, where they train, how they train, what they fly, employment stats, how they treat you after you graduate etc.
All lead to CTC and FTE.
I then chose CTC because of their employment record. I even failed at the first attempt and then only just missed the Wings course. Then after 3 years of research where I gave up a 40% tax bracket payment job to go and work in the aviation world (why? to do more research and talk to Pilots, engineers etc) I got on the CTC ICP scheme and I ship out to NZ on the 2nd of Jan.
I don't want to start a debate on the best FTOs etc, but I simply went on the advice I was given. I probably went over the top on research, but my old job was as a market researcher so I already had it ingrained into me!
Hope it helps!
Jim