@ stansdead rather an unusual post you make about financial gain?!?!
put it this way 250 new pilots this year and last year!
500 x 27,500= 13,750,000 euros!! or practically 7 million a year!
Factor in at this stage i guess they own most of the simulators and the instructors are 99% of their own so costs are minimal. Some of the simulators are not very new so I am sure they have paid for themselves already(a few times
).