Integrated v Modular
Years ago the integrated course (eg Hamble, Perth and Oxford years gone by) represented fly one day, ground-school the next. In this way students were able to apply the knowledge gained in ground-school almost immediately to real life flying. The system whereby a student will complete their ATPLs in six months and then and only then commence flying training is flawed. Speak to any Instructor who is faced with training students so trained and he/she will tell you generally how poor their average standard is. Moreover, if following a six month crash ground-school course the student is shipped out to receive sub-standard training abroad, the result is disaster. It was a sad day when our CAA succumbed to school and accountant pressure to change to the present system of what in effect is modular training under the expensive guise of an 'integrated' label. Do not be fooled that training under one large roof is any better or more integrated than a modular route at a high-standard school.