No, 8k for the TR was with CTC's flexicrew deal and I paid that in April this year, that also includes my accommodation, the actual cost of the TR was around £6900.
As for training in the aviation industry, well, if you're talking about groundschool type of training then you'd obviously need to do your ATPL's and nail them with good scores. That is not a difficult proposition if you use Bristol GS and do the question bank, most of my course averaged 90% or more. After that you could see if any schools are looking for teachers.
If you want to be closer to the action as an IT guy then your chances are a lot better now. easy have a configuration manager position open, and not so long ago they had something related to their website as well, best is to look at their own careers website.