Hi parkfell, I take your point about quality basic training. There is a long history of pilots that are barely able to hold heading and height presenting themselves for CPL courses. I do not agree with your conclusion, though, that the best bet for quality training is to go to one of the big integrated schools. If you have been in the industry for a while you will know that the pass rates at some of these schools both in groundschool exams, skills tests and IRs, have at times stood very poorly in comparison with specialist modular schools. This is old information, from about four years ago, and I do not know what the pass rates have been like in the last couple of years, it may be that they have improved. There are also persistent rumours that some airlines are dissatisfied with the quality of the output from certain integrated schools, whether this is true or not I also do not know. I notice you say Easyjet have chopped candidates in line training because of poor quality, surely all Easy's cadets are integrated? All rumours, but overall I would not be so quick to say integrated = quality.