First Time Pass Rates
Jet Blast Rat
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Sarfend-on-Sea
Now I notice that Oxford are advertising their pass rates here, with suitable apologies to Scroggs/WWW if I transgress, I will talk about Bournemouth's (if this is a problem, please remove this post and email me, guys).
Groundschool figures for Bournemouth Commercial Flight Training are not available, as we are just starting in that area. Mostly the same team of instuctors using the same notes and course structure achieved a high pass rate though with a self-selecting student body (no sponsored students) under SFT.
Bournemouth Flying Club which now owns BCFT has been giving commercial training for 15 years. The pass rates achieved at CPL and IR have been excellent (I cannot give figures, I am groundschool). For the most important pass you can get, the first-time IR, the rates are I believe comparable to the big schools - Cabair, OATS etc, in the 70s% range. Now considering BFC has had no sponsored students, so no selection by aptitude tests, and considering the relatively low cost of the course, I think this is remarkable.
However, remember what I said before about taking this as only one factor in your choice! Go and see a few schools, talk to instructors and if possible former students.
Most of all, the thing we all need : Good Luck!
Groundschool figures for Bournemouth Commercial Flight Training are not available, as we are just starting in that area. Mostly the same team of instuctors using the same notes and course structure achieved a high pass rate though with a self-selecting student body (no sponsored students) under SFT.
Bournemouth Flying Club which now owns BCFT has been giving commercial training for 15 years. The pass rates achieved at CPL and IR have been excellent (I cannot give figures, I am groundschool). For the most important pass you can get, the first-time IR, the rates are I believe comparable to the big schools - Cabair, OATS etc, in the 70s% range. Now considering BFC has had no sponsored students, so no selection by aptitude tests, and considering the relatively low cost of the course, I think this is remarkable.
However, remember what I said before about taking this as only one factor in your choice! Go and see a few schools, talk to instructors and if possible former students.
Most of all, the thing we all need : Good Luck!
