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His dudeness
I predict the position will be filled soon. Make something expensive and some idiots find it attractive.
It's a simple matter of maths I would say. A tax deductible expense of 20.000 currency units (40% of a 50.000 type rating) for a permanent position in Switzerland is not unappealing. Means you wont pay much taxes in your first year and from then on you will probably earn more than most airline crew around you. A lot better than paying a full Boeing or Airbus type rating and then flying for 1.800 currency units a month like everybody else...
Of course it is s***ty that self sponsoring one's type rating has become the norm rather than the exception. But this is how it is now, let's face reality. We "never had to pay for a type rating"-types are a dying breed. Those days will never come back.