Originally Posted by
shorthauler72
Did they pay the full amount upfront when joining the P2F scheme or was it "pay as you go" i.e. per flight hour?
Neither. Apparently he did the type rating on a private basis before joining Germania which cost him 29k. The rest was doing his ATPL, also on a private basis it looks like. The way the article reads he was regularly employed by Germania and enjoyed it. He will probably be taken on by someone else relatively fast, time for out of work pilots have not been this hopeful for a while. Lots of companies are looking. I talked to someone in a similar position last week and he had offers of 4 major companies he could choose from.