Tosh, you have misread the tone and intent of my brief post:
The only thing one can be sure of is this:
The pilot Wannabe who thinks his schools 'reputation' gives him an edge is most usually regarded as an unctious pillock by others.
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The ONE thing you can be sure of is that there is no best school out there. Each one is different and suits you to a lesser or greater degree. Then there is the lottery of which instructor you get, the weather on your day and the classmates you end up with. All these factors can make the same school great or rubbish for you and they are truly random.
I have seen and heard too many otherwise excellent students let themselves down by appearing unctious pillocks (make a not of that phrase Darling, I want to use it more in converstaion) when pontificating that 'their' school was better than others. Or indeed that they would have an advantage at some mythical intereview in the future etc. etc.
More a friendly piece of advice than a vitriolic rant. Its all in the reading
Cheers
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