208inICE,
Sorry I don't have an answer to your question beyond what others have already said. Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread a little, though?
A question for those who describe paying for a type rating as "prostituting themselves". What is the difference between paying for your type rating, and paying for your CPL/IR? Kads - you are quite right, doctors don't pay to be trained on the latest equipment. But they also don't pay for their initial training. So why should we pay for our initial training? And once we have paid for our initial training, can we blame anyone for wondering what else we will pay for???
No answers here.... and I certainly don't expect to find an airline that's willing to pay for my IR! I'm just curious about how other pilots view the world we live in.......
FFF
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