Alitalia Flight School did the same to its cadets 8 years ago. Of 450 pilots out of the course, 150 didnt get in Alitalia due to bad timing (post 9/11) and of those 150, 60 are still not pilots, of the 90 left, 50 paid a TR to some other company with the money they earned in the 4 years being not flying or from bank.
Of those 50, not all are happy in a big company and a few didnt finish paying off the 100k that all this was worth....
italian newspapers, parlament and judges have been informed of all this and they said "tought luck boys"
End of story
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PS forgot to mention that of those 300 that actually DID get into Alitalia, 150 of them are now on the streets after Alitalia reorganization...
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