i recently spent a week at EASA doing my CPL ground school and got to see the inner workings of the school and lived with 4 guys who were at various stages of training there, from FI course down to PPL.
I was on the whole impressed with them, the school was professional, the instructors were on their game.
The one problem i did see was aircraft scheduling to the extent that the FI course was delayed as there were not a/c available for the exams.
I then went to visit EFT on my way back home, as i live in Miami, and its a completely different mentality there.
Not in a bad or a good way, just very different. EFT seems a lot bigger and more regimented, and certainly had the feeling of a Big school with a lot going on. I was looking at doing my CPL and FI courses there and I think I am going to go for EASA as personally I like the feel of a smaller learning environment where everyone knows each other and seem happy to help out, rather than a university campus style. Thats not to say EFT has sub standard instruction it came across as very professionally run, just a personal preference.
stu