Taiguin,
Thanks for that information.
However, the suspisions are by no means 'outrageous' as you say. They are totally reasonable. The FTE website really has very little on the selection procedure, funding arrangements for succesful applicants, structure of course, involvement of airline etc. The application form asks if you have A-levels in 'Phisics' and 'Chemistrys', which, in my opinion, are very poor spelling mistakes for such companies to have on an application form. All of these things made me wonder what sort of scheme this was, thats all. The spelling mistakes suggest that this is pioneered by FTE and not Thomsonfly. It just doesn't quite have the feel that other schemes, including the previous FTE/Thomsonfly scheme, have.
Good luck to all those that apply!