Once upon a time - QANTAS did offer cadetship schemes which involved the applicants paying back the money once they started working. It would have been about 1989? as I remember one of the criteria was to be 19 years of age - I was 18 1/2 y.o. I applied anyway and was told to reply next year - I was too young. They never offered this type of arrangement again to the best of my knowledge, and my parents weren't in a position to assist financially :-(