Londonmet:
I agree entirely. CTC is the only organisation that can truly claim to bring an airline career within reach of anyone who has the skills.
I wouldn't be able to get the £50/60k HSBC funding for an Oxford integated course as I don't own my house, and I couldn't afford the self-funded top-up I'd need either. This isn't through lack of trying to save, it's just when you have paid the rent and bills, and Mr Brown has finished ravaging your salary, there isn't much left to save!
Unfortunatley the days of airline sponsorship have gone, but let's be thankful that CTC were forward-thinking and innovative enough to begin and maintain a scheme that is still in the spirit of sponsorship: rather than a self-funded 'we will pay you back later' scheme!
B