Day_Dreamer, I'm not sure what facts you are basing your opinion on, but I can certainly tell you this - to say "The main schools FTE, OAA their financial state is more secure than CTC so anyone looking at an integrated course should consider FTE or OAA", and "they (CTC) wont be around to see the upturn" is bordering on ridiculous. What information do you have to back up your claims?
The fact that a fair number of cadets/ATPers were staying in 4* hotels during their type-ratings earlier this year (that's 7 weeks ish), and these hotels were paid for BY CTC, shows that CTC cant be doing badly for cash at all!
Oh... and CTC also paid for the type ratings. Forgot that. And as far as I know (please correct me if I'm wrong), I've never heard of any other FTO, including those you have mentioned, paying for a trainee's type-rating.
Last edited by davedek; 5th Sep 2009 at 16:05.