Right, to correct some of the misinformation going around
It is a requirement of approval that 170As are conducted 'in house'. Therefore ETA cannot be used by EPTA students for this purpose. They will be done by Cabair instructors (as EPTA is part of Cabair and work under their approvals) until EPTA are able to do so themselves.
Tony Kember was Head of Training at SFT. I was Navigation Groundschool instructor at SFT. So we both lost our jobs. He already had a company going (ETA has been here since before I joined SFT), I became self-employed for a while, now work for BCFT. Apart from his experience at what was an excellent FTO I cannot see the current relevance of Tony Kember's former employment. You will find when you have been in the industry the same people pop up. It is a fairly friendly, close-knit community. In the training environment it has a lot of people who work where they can, not necessarily full-time in one job.
God luck with your flying Rob. Nothing wrong with PAT.