I know that people do say that full sponsorships will never be seen. But think about it. Is it such a bad thing if the banks stop lending-even for integrated courses at FTOs like Oxford/CTC/FTE?
If they did that, the airlines would have to consider sponsorships again as there are unlikely to be enough rich daddies around to provide sufficient crews!
Whenever people pay for it though, the airlines will let us! Catch 22-they know we have no choice but to pay.