Scroggs I agree with your points regarding disillusionment amongst the workforce but there still exists a large potential customer base for the likes of Oxford who are motivated & resourceful - this forum is surely testament to that . I think the comments made in Flight reflect the lack of regular corporate sponsors that OAT has traditionally hosted . This is the first time in about ten years that the school has not had a supply of airline sponsored students on the horizon & hence the numbers need to be made up from the self-sponsored population . I've not seen the figures but my feeling is that there are not enough of the latter group to make up the shortfall - not that fewer are training , rather that more are not .
It would be interesting to see feedback from other schools as to whether self-sponsored student numbers are actually falling , or indeed from the CAA regarding CPL/IR issue amongst the non-airline sponsored community .
JAA may also have had an effect on licence issue - with the demise of the 'self-improver' route I wonder how many don't go down the modular path who would have done so under the old system - not really an issue with the CAP509/Integrated argument but interesting nevertheless ?
Off topic I know but not something I've seen discussed here .