My point is, it's not a sponsorship if you don't get anything paid. After all, you are all paying for your training. Having read the CTC website, I also see that they are going to ensure some cadets don't get sponsored so they have a feed for their ATP pool.
So now we have a situation were some cadets will be not be getting sponsored so they provide a feed for the ATP pool. Upon employment they have their bond witheld.
So in this case all CTC have provided is the training, at hugh expense. The cadet then has to pay all this back out of taxed salary, leaving them in a much worse position than those who get pre-selected.
On top of this, people cannot apply to this scheme and specify that they want to be sponsored.
So in essence they are going through this selection process to pay CTC 60k as their training provider. If they state they wont go on a course unless its sponsored they can pack their bags.
Now cadets are going to have to loan an extra £5k for living, which definately wont last the length of the course as you even have to pay for you CPLs to be issued.
So basically this scheme is only open now to cadets with well off parents, who will have to support them through training. A 5k loan wont cover it, especially back in England.
EasyJet have made a tight fisted decision because they know they can get away with it. Any other airlines joining the scheme will follow this decision. Ezy have set the precedent.
Only in the airline industry.