Sentenza,
I think the Integrated ATPL course that WMU/OATS/BAE and such like offer can be the best route to follow, if: You have that kind of money available, you can pack-up and leave for a year. Especially as some people have families and loved one's to think about, it can be hard, I would think the modular route would more often favour this kind of person better. Integrated ATPL is also a very structured and demanding course, which requires full attention and plenty of enthusiasm, especially when it comes time for the exams! I am sure you have all these qualities.
Modular courses are also very demanding and structured, don’t get me wrong and the exams are exactly the same. But as you probably already know, you can do it in modules and can fit in the modules accordingly to your life.
If you are fired up and eager to go and have the available resources, then Integrated is the way. If you prefer the modular route because it better suits you then………..
Either way you can have excellent training and a lot of fun, not one way is better than the other. Bear this in mind, it seems to be of general opinion that you have better chance of getting a job with low hours after a Integrated course than a Modular one? Maybe a good question to ask someone who really does know if that is so?(I’m a poet!)
If you go the ‘Florida Way’ and complete the Modular course, (and remember, that a portion of your Instrument Rating course has to be completed at an approved school in the country of license issue (UK) and be examined by a CAA staff examiner) you have obviously completed your JAR ATPL exams, then you will be issued with a JAR-FCL CPL/IR(A) with FrozenATPL credits.
Multi Crew Co-operation (MCC) is incorporated into the Integrated ATPL course, you will have to do this if Modular. Bear that in mind because that’s about 3000 Quid!
If anyone else reads this and there is any information that is not true, please say something. It’s a complicated game and the rules change, but the CAA will always stay the same!!!
It’s early in the morning, so I will apologize if there is any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.
All the best to you and I hope I have helped………..