After the pub post...should know better but who cares?
Integrated vs Modular
a. Money. Modular cost circa £30k integrated costs £50k+ plus one year's out of work living expenses (say 70-80k).
b. historical bias. Pre JAR Integrated 509 courses were vastly diffferent to the old self improver route. JAR...not a great deal of difference exists between modular and integrated.
c. Flying school press. The integrated schools want you to believe the hype that you can only get a job after their course.
d. Peer group. On integrated courses you have a class of say 15-30 who are together for over a year and stay in touch post course..so got a job stories are more prolific than the modular guys who attend a few varied courses and stay in contact less people.
If it helps .. i am modular and know a couple of low hours guys who have been hired in the last few months from a modular background.