Upthere, why would any employment law cover this, the candidates taking the JOC are not employed by Flybe.
If the candidates had been offered a job and then asked to do the JOC I wouldn't see it as an issue. Paying 2.5 k for a guaranteed job is a small price.
But paying 2.5k just to be eligible for the sim check, then this becomes an obvious money creation scheme for simtech.
There is no official agreement between Flybe and Simtech that you will find on written contract, but it is very apparent that some one at simtech must have a colleague at Flybe and there has been some behind the "scenes" arrangement.