MEA321,
Regarding cost of selection you are missing the price of the simuator. Yes candidates have to pay for this as well.
As for the price of the type rating, that's the price given to somebody who applied... Like I said before, I didn't make these numbers.. But I trully hope the rating will cost 30000 US$!
I can understand somebody paying for his type rating. The golden years of aviation are far behind us and this practice is getting very commun. But when you pay for your rating and get bonded for some years it means that the company is going to pay back the rating over a number of years. Which is definately not the case here...
Since you seem flying for MEA, when you got your job, was your salary 500US$ until you were released on line (this figure was also given to the applicant when handing over all the paperwork!)
I had the chance to fly onboard an MEA plane and I must say that pilots, cabin crew and service were excellent. A lot better than many majors accross Europe! That's why I'm very disapointed with this way of hiring pilots..
Enough for now!
Cheers!
DII