Skeletor I think we are all more than aware what is going on in the "grown up world" as someone who works in the industry I am acutely aware of it and I am certainly not knocking Flybe for running these excellent schemes but as was the point of this thread is that all of the schemes are sold as Flybe cadetships and all offer essentially the same product (yes you do pay for it) however it is now the case that first officers at the same company but not the same fto will have vastly different debt to manage yet all will have applied for a Flybe MAPS scheme. Really I can't believe you see nothing a bit wrong with that model.
That said excellent airline and excellent schools but the way the schemes are sold needs to be rethought.