These FTO's are tuned to business jet owners paying the bill and their associated costs. Therefore they are charging whatever the market will stand. Coupled with such little competition the cost is all out of proportion to the training. You MUST be employed to deal with this. To even consider personally paying for any private jet training is insane.
CAE is less expensive than Flight Safety everytime. Having said that CAE insisted that it was mandatory for me to do a complete initial course again after 3 years at a cost of €50,000!
Flight safety confirmed that this was bollox and that all I need was a recurrent plus one extra day at a cost of €100,000! I kid you not. 6 days in a sim and they insisted on €100,000.
There are thieves and there are thieves. FLIGHT SAFETY FARNBOROUGH. For 6 days in a sim you insisted on more than my entire 35 year pension pot. I decided it was cheaper to retire!