Where are you getting all this from? Consult LASORS & you will find that this is not the case. I am most definately not criticising OAT nor anyone else for how they choose to run their business. There are significant advantages from a financial perspective for both the customer & company. Continuity is paramount in flight training & a pleasant flying environment will facilitate this. I am merely attempting to enlighten potential students that they should be absolutely clear as to what they are signing up for.

Good Luck

Both I and Blinkz are on the APP.

Adwjenk will also soon be at OAT, and I think we know the structure of our course a little better than those who are not.

Some of the twin flying has been shifted to Goodyear in order to save time and money when the courses return form the states, in order to get the IR training underway quicker without having to waste time in the UK of converting on to the seneca.

The new courses AP253 onwards will now be doing their CPL skills test in a twin too (done in the states) but the vast majority of all the IR training is done in the UK - NOT THE USA!!!!:D :ok:

dlav,

Have we flown together?

No idea, possibly! :ok: :confused:

Oxford 'Skills Net' feature
 

To those of you who failed an exam whilst studying at OAT, did you know of the existence of this feature?:

'Should you fail an examination paper as a Modular Ground School student, you can receive FREE Classroom Revision Courses until you pass the paper (or until the final attempt has been used - whichever is sooner)'

(directly from the website)

To those who have failed an exam- were you offered free classroom revision until you passed the paper? I'm quite sure there must be plenty of you out there who have taken advatage of this astonishingly good value offer and it's not just a cynical marketing ploy that never materialised.......

Hello Microfilter, I am currently in ground school stage 2 at oxford and whilst I havent failed any of my exams so far I do know a couple of students who have recieved the brush up courses. Both said that it was of great help in preparing them for the exams. Both of these students were intergrated but I have no doubt that it would also be offered to modular students too. Though hopefully with a little hard work you wont need them.

Thanks Dit- Well that's great that they are getting the extra help - strange how OAT always bang on about how great us integrated students were in comparison with modular. It would be interesting to know which subjects they failed as there is some particular poor teaching at OAT. Be warned...

Why assume that these individuals failed due to poor teaching? If you decide to undertake such a course, you should be prepared to put in all the work necessary to achive the highest passes possible and shouldn't be relying purely on being spoon fed. If a large proportion of the class failed a particular subject, then yes, you may have a point, however this was not the case.

I'm assuming nothing, merely made a statement of fact on which i am prepared to argue exhaustively

Have you really nothing better to do? :p

asuweb, what a load of nonsense!!!

Look at the price tags attached to classroom taught courses as opposed to distance learning courses. Yes, that's right, they cost an awful lot more. That's the price you pay to receive your 650 hours of teaching that are required. The teaching needs to be up to standard, and whilst I don't dispute that a substantial amount of work needs to come from yourself to pass, that argument doesn't really come into it as far as teaching quality is concerned.

If the teaching is no good, and during my time at OAT there were some instructors that were plain useless, and you're saying most of the work has to come from yourself, then why exactly would you pay to receive classroom instruction, if you could have done it at half the price distance learning?

I'm not slating OAT here, because many of their instructors are excellent and highly capable individuals. However, there are also some who should never have been given a job instructing, and it is those individuals that have been referred to in previous posts, as I understand it.

Out of all the threads I have ever read on this site, this is by far the most tedious and pointless. You guys really need to get out more, experience real life and get a pretty lady! The majority of you don't even know how to spell 'integrated'.

NOvember Sierra is right

And I think there will call time and bring this thread to a close.

I thankyou,

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Oxford Aviation
 

I was thinking of doing my training with oxford aviation and was wondering if anybody has any opinions on this school

Oxford Aviation Academy
 

Hi, I don't know if I can post here. So... I need to have informations about Oxford Aviation Academy from the people that are studing in this school, or studied. I read in their website that help you to find an employment. Thanks you for the attention, If you want you can write me a private message.

Urm.. so what do you want to know?

There is a tonne of info already on this board too.

Search is an excellent feature, advanced search is even better.

I want to know if with the modular training you have the same treatment of a cadet that start the training ab-initio, because i have already a ppl. On the web site of oaa is not clear this. If at AOO it's true that helps you to find a employent I could change the school.

Appendix 1 to JAR-FCL 1.300
Requirements for a specific authorisation for instructors not holding a JAR-FCL licence to instruct in a TRTO outside JAA Member States or in a FTO partial training outside JAA Member States in accordance with Appendix 1b to JAR-FCL 1.055

By definition, modular training is not partial training; the module is started and completed in one location. I am lead to believe that Oxford use staff not holding a JAR-FCL licence to instruct students at their non-Member State facilities and that modular training is conducted there. Are modular students trained outside of Member States taught by JAR-FCL licenced instructors or by local staff holding an approval to instruct in "a FTO partial training outside Member States" as described in Appendix 1?

Any former OAA modular students care to comment?