It was my understanding, that if you were not on a pre-sponsored course, that ARL (the subsidiary of ctc that train you) assign £5,000 and then recoup the money when you get sponsored? Or there was a way of getting it anyway. With the state of play with EasyJet at the moment, I feel that they may well take a few more pilots on top, plus there are the other airlines that are lurking in the background....
Oh and WBV, CP18 is to be a Thomas Cook sponsored course. (16 & 17 are both EZY). Just thought I would let you know