An important thing to point out is that a school is only as good a the instructors and other staff who are working there. The aviation industry has a very high turn-over rate, so chances are every 5-8 years a school will have an entire new set of staff. Many school were once really great, but now su...

The beat advice would be to get the education for the job you hope to get. If your dream job is flying for a certain small charter, go to them and ask what they think of a Diploma and if it would help you to get a job there in the future. Some companies think the diploma creates far better pilots, b...