I guess it's supply and demand. All the applicants in BEY are not complaining about the potential costs. Nobody knows the details yet as applicants will be contacted after 14th of AUG for further details.
MEA has not hired a single pilot since 1993 when 9 cadets got in, and the last class before them was in 1982. So basicaly they have hired 9 pilots in the last 22 years. A lot of Lebanese pilots have been waiting for MEA to recrute, and it looks like they are getting a lot of replies.
Next year MEA will go back to its original Cadet scheme where recruits are sent to flying school in the UK.