Tonyblair,
All this rubbish about selection is rubbish – if it was meaningful selection, you would get through sponsorship selection
Congratulations on a well thought out line of argument.
You should sit the selection and then decide for yourself wether it is a load of rubbish.
The course does not cost £72,000. It costs £60000. Does that figure from BAe you qoute include their lovely accomodation and food, I doubt it. So you're quoting to me the MOST expensive OAT price you can muster and comparing that with the basic training cost from BAe. Twisting figures around to push a bad position, hmmm you'd make a good politician, is that why you chose your username?
I'm as cynical as the next person about OAT's motivation to got to the 'revolutionary' APP scheme, but don't go throwing random figures about.
People here are going on out doing it the modular way and saving 20k. How is that possible exactly? Someone mentions doing it all for £43,000. Does this include all examination fees, skill tests, text books, food for the time of study and the total cost of the mortgage they paid out whilst studying? From a number of people that I have consulted with the modular route comes out to about the same cost of 60K in the end.
The fact of the matter is that no one has come out of the APP scheme yet so no one can say exactly how employable they are or whether they will join that back of the queue with the other OAT grads.
I am not here for an argument, just the facts.
PT