Jolly Boatman ; you sound awfully cheesed off, i left OATS 'bout 2 months ago now and while i do agree with the general immpressoin your post delivers i would have to say that the problems Oxford expirience will be echoed through out he entire flight training industry. It seems you are having a rough time and beleive me i know how you feel (i have been stitched up too!) there are people there willing to help.
Try not to put people off Oxford, bad vibes dont do anybody any good.
This new course sounds like an absolute load of b@ll@cks stear clear. Why pay another 20 odd grand for something which probably will never happen?
Good luck everyone