beachbumflyer something you didn't quite get right. Type rating is 30k, and while expensive, if people are in 100k debt 70k (unless they did integrated and were 100k debt prior to paying for type) odd is due to FATPL and people remain in this debt even if they get BA, EJ, Flybe etc etc.....
To get into BA or EJ as a cadet you need to go via an integrated school or CTC (which may now be integrated). These FATPL courses are in the region of 100k alone when all said and done, and if you get a free (bonded) type rating, money spent by the cadet for FATPL with a type is 100k either way!
Forget about a few hundred bucks for uniform or you're own water now, the cost from zero to bum in right seat whether you pay for type rating or not is probably the same!
Not the best company in the world, who's arguing that, but can't argue it's not a bad start! Especially for me as I started in 2008 - to get 2000 on type during recession wasn't too shabby I thought!