African Drunk,
That's a bit of a mass generalisation about CAP509ers in GA. Witchdoctor has already pointed out that a good guy is a good guy wherever trained. There are 509ers who are just as good in GA as any self improver, just like there are plenty of self improvers who make excellent airline pilots.................
Pick the training regime that suits you best. Some need the spoon fed integrated, full time environment. Others like the flexibility of self improver, doing what they want when they want. Plenty of considerations need to be taken into account when deciding where to go. Cost being one of the biggest. It is unfortunate that whatever route you choose you end up restricting your options afterwards in some way, as WWW has pointed out, but again, it works both ways and everyone ends up with a restriction on who they can apply to and be accepted by.
PP
Last edited by Pilot Pete; 15th May 2003 at 05:42.