Mike,
what rid3r said sums it up. You do not have to pay anything back to Tamkeen nor are you obligated to go work for them or any company affiliated with them, Tamkeen is there to spend money on Bahrainis.
Tamkeen signed a BD4 million ($10.6 million) contract with GAA and PTC to train 120 Bahrainis on the Ab-initio program.
Bahrain News Agency | TAMKEEN to Launch BD4 Million Pilot Training Programme in Partnership with GAA
breakdown:
Ab-inito program cost: BD52,000
+
Type Rating: BD15,000
=
BD67,000 per student
Tamkeen pays half of that so:
67,000 / 2 = BD33,500
120 cadets:
33,500 * 120 = BD4,020,000