I was there when we were told about more airlines going to them for CTC cadets. At the time I did think that it will make the situation for the self sponsored pilots very difficult. Unfortunately I am now in the same boat as you. What was worrying was how he seemed to suggest that a large number of airlines were going to them and how they were going to expand.
Basically the training they would give you would be £100K worth and a lot of the students there have already been attached to airlines. Its a tough sponsorship to get with only about 3% of the intial applicants getting selected.
Basically it makes the situation for self sponsored students a lot more difficult.
Mooneyboy