Kieran, et al.
I agree with the above points made; Another way to look at it is RISK.
Neither path guarantees a job offer or potential employment and both will live you limited to other potential employment.
If you choose integrated with FTO 'A' that has links to provide prsopective candidates to certain partner airlines, then if those partner airlines shift their tie ins to another FTO, have a recruitment freeze, change policy, go out of business etc, then the potential of getting a job with airlines that have links with FTO 'B' is going to be difficult. very.
And the same in reverse.
If you choose modular, then you're in the position of finding it tough to get a look in with the airlines that look to recruit low time cadets from the FTO's they have links with.
Quite frankly, the recruitment of pilots in the UK/Europe is a mess and which ever way you consider, it is RISK.
Last edited by stuckgear; 14th Mar 2011 at 17:36.