I really find it hard to believe that the students contribute 100% from their own pocket, from what I've seen the average age of the students/cadets joining the FTO cadet schemes are mid-to-late 20's, unless they're extremely gifted or talented and have a high paying job, or perhaps from a wealthy background how could they have accumulated the finances? I'd expect only a handful of applicants come from wealth, but I could be wrong.
It's not in the FTOs interest to let students go unemployed. And if students are taking on the risk and debt by commencing these integrated courses for every failure there must be many success stories, surely?