WWW, can't you admit that maybe, just maybe, you might be wrong on this one?
The £147 is not soley used to fund the training. Scottish Enterprise have agreed to provide funding for our courses, and S.E. usually work on a 50/50 funding basis to match the funds put up by Malgus and its investors.
We are getting the course free as there had to be an incentive to get people to apply. Future courses will pay half back, which is still a good deal. The fact that cadets are now going to Jerez proves to potential candidates that what Malgus are offering is real.
The schoolboy figures posted up here of £147 - vat * blah de blah just don't apply. It is a business and like all start up businesses some costs have to be absorbed to get the company going, commonly known as loss leaders. The first four candidates are effectively the loss leaders. Malgus say they don't expect to make any money for at least three to four years, but it is a viable business plan.
Perhaps you're just jealous that you never thought of it first? Or perhaps you had to pay for your training and are now slightly resentful that others do not?
Either way, I think it's best that we just watch and wait. We are going to Jerez and others will apply. Good luck to all those who do.