Just out of interest,
my idea was the result of about 10s thought, by way of a 'get the thread back on track' as I'd followed a previous poster off topic. Later on I came to think, 'you know, it wouldn't cost all that much, and the money would be reclaimed in due course, and you'd only be looking at that fraction who were reasonably on in training.'..I'm not suggesting someone fresh from IOT should be given a bucket of dosh to complete commercial training.
As it'd be a loan it's also not actually going to cost very much to do, in the medium term - it seems to work okay with students, and I'm sure the soon to be ex-RAF officers will be at least as good a risk as the average graduate in underwater basket weaving at Bolton Poly.
I never was a pilot, so no axe to grind here, I just don't see why we're so intent on always doing the decent thing for complete strangers and never for our own folk.
Dave