I did not understand the justifications in charging £15000 for tuition fees, when UK fees were £3145 last year.
Dear rriisshhii, City was the first university in the UK to offer a degree with an ATPL. As a result of it being so new the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), which provides university funding, declined to make City's course "designated" which means they would not fund it. When a student pays £3145 tuition fees for a "designated" course HEFCE provides the university with another £6000 - they do not do this for the City course. Therefore students at City have to pay the full cost themselves, unfortunately.
However, when other universities starting offering courses with pilot training something in HEFCE changed and they "designated" those newer courses. However they would not change the decision on City's course.
One of the dangers of being first!