I completely agree the MPLs are painfully expensive. Personally, I think that over the last 15 years cadets have set their stall that they are willing to pay over the odds to get into the RHS of an Airbus. You can’t blame the schools for charging it. £38,500 for an A320 type rating is extortionate. CAE & L3 must be laughing all the way to the bank. You could argue that paying for ridiculously overpriced training is P2F. Personally, I look at them as “premium” courses, where the size of your wallet is the selection process.
I look at P2F as paying for a type rating, line training, and X amount of hours with no job offer at the end. Purely for the purpose of improving your employability.
I agree there are no guarantees in aviation. I’ve also felt that myself, losing my job as a cadet. So my correct wording should have been “a conditional job offer, providing training is completed to a satisfactory standard, and there is a demand”.