Big business taking advantage of young men and women with stars in their eyes and the various government bodies chose to turn a blind eye.
Of course there were a lot of applicants on face value it "looks" cool. Be an Airline pilot just pay the money.
Its like saying pay 200k and we will make you into a covergirl model. Do you reckon they might get few applicants?
When is someone at this inquiry going to say "stop playing stupid mate" or "cut the crap". Put my money on Heffernan for that one.