Just to say that in Iberia you don't have to pay anything but your own expenses during the course (not in AirNostrum, by the way, where they even pay you the hotel and meals, appart from the course... the only thing is that thay just accept girls and the max age when applying must be 26).
Abird747, at that time when you attended the interviews, it was just (and still it is like this, unfortunately) AirEuropa the company that "offered" you the possibility to obtain the licence (by paying around 2500.- Euros). Nowadays there are also companies here that just take you if you already have this licence, so many people go to private schools to get that license (and pay for that!).
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