Just to clarify..the cadets in BA used to pay back £250 per month for 5 years AS WELL as being on cadet pay scales for the first 5 years.
All in all I think we paid back about £30k in the form of these salary deductions and reduced pay rates for pay points 1-5.
The cost of an integrated course at OAT circa 1999 when I was there was about £50k. I reckon BA would have been paying a fraction of that as they were effectively buying in bulk.
it was a good deal for BA and a good deal for the cadets. The numbers today are eyewatering and I'm not entirely sure where and how one obtains a £100k unsecured loan either.