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Old 25th Jul 2012, 19:36
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keith williams
 
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There are a great many threads and post discussing the relative merits of integrated and modular courses. Most of these concentrate on the training format and whether or not integrated course students have any real advantage over modular students when seeking their first flying job. These subjects have been discussed to such an extent that there is nothing to be gained by discussing them again.

One of the fundamental problems with all integrated courses is the requirement to pay large sums of money before the training is carried out.
Following the recent demise of PTC it is worth spending some time considering the wisdom of signing up for any course that requires such payments.

When attending seminars and open days the sales staff will undubtedly do their best to convince you that their company not only the best available, but also that it is absolutely rock solid.

There is no such thing as a company that cannot go broke! Rolls Royce did it. PanAm did it. Some would argue that whole countries (such as Argentina and Iceland) have done it. It is entirely possible that any or indeed all of the FTOs can do it.

Signing up for any of the integrated courses involves taking a bet on whether or not the FTO will be in business long enough to complete your training.
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