From my understanding is that it has nothing really to do with the ATO, but rather the cadet itself.. the presentation stated that there is no "up front" cost of the TR. Well what does that mean?
I'd say there's 2 options:
- You either sign a bond with them and repay that 30k back over the years of your bond
- Or something beyond the lines of what Alex said above..
With the current market, being bonded to Ryanair would actually be ideal (in my opinion, this is a very subjective topic) as they have the fastest route to command. So if you're bonded for 4-5 years you can probably expect to become a Captain.. all being that you've met the criteria.
As I said it really depends on what the cadet would like to pursue within their flying career!
I could be extremely wrong but that is what I took from the PowerPoint/presentation