I am also finding it tricky to believe that some people think that the likes of:
Easyjet
Monarch
BA
Jet2
Qatar
Prefer modular!? ummmm isn't it obvious that with the number of integrated students they take that they prefer integrated??
You're not grasping the situation or what people are pointing out to you at all!
Obviously if you have been selected by an airline prior to training then that airline would want to send you on a full time structured training course - they presumably have identified a need for pilots so want you productive as soon as possible! No one is disputing that in this case an integrated course is the best proposal; why would an airline send you away to study part time with no structure or guidance?! That wouldn't make sense!
What the majority of experienced aircrew are pointing out to you is that if you are not pre selected, then you are incurring vast extra expense to put yourself through a course that you believe the airlines favour as an end-product generator when in fact the only reason that they do use this format is that it is full time and offers the product most expeditiously... If you do not get pre-selected (I hate that phrase) then taking an extra year to train, albeit Woking at the same time, incurs you minimal debt yet you end up with exactly the same license at the end.
Question to you: what happens if, after 18 months of flying, you don't get the necessary first series IR pass after spending 70k so far at CTC? You're no longer on the wings scheme, no hold pool and with huge debt! It can, and dies happen!