Having the applicants pay for the selection process is in my view abusive. The initial selection is done by reviewing the application documents (and there are plenty) and only testing potentially very interesting candidates hence cutting selection costs to a minimum.
All in all, I think they are being very inflexible a)by asking candidates to pay to get in (!) and b) by insisting on having the candidates go to Beirut just to apply... I would have been interested (I am not sure if 2500 hours is considered low w/r to the applicants pool) but I guess I'll wait for something better!
Still love seeing your beautiful A330s in ABJ, ACC and LOS though...
Happy flying