..... Whatever one decides to do, e.g. pay for a type-rating, or not..... and whatever side of the fence one presently sits w.r.t. being employed as a pilot ( or not ), and regardless of whether one believes that self-funded TR’s dilute the T&C’s of those in employment..... always remember this:
“THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES WITH ANY OF IT !”
Just because one might choose to spend tens of thousands of £’s in pursuit of that elusive airline job, do not be too upset when ones dreams come crashing down and all one's ultimately left with is an almost worthless license and logbook(s) full of memories and dreams.
The whole process is a venture that’s loaded to the hilt with risk, but it is one which was willingly embarked upon.
That said, it is a harsh reality that not everybody who starts out upon the rocky road that is commercial aviation will make it into the front seats of a jet airliner - though some will come very very close, and for them the drop from being so near the summit is all the greater than for those whom have fallen off earlier – wherein having a type rating, but then not being able to secure employment, must be about as big a fall as it’s possible to get.
In any event, and perhaps as your parents told you, “Life is not fair” and, veritably, whilst “you pays yer money and takes yer choice” how much one spends is only of passing consequence w.r.t.
guaranteeing one paid employment as a pilot – wherein some people need to grow-up and cop-on to real-world commercialism.
Buying a type-rating is definitely not a time to be wearing rose-tinted glasses – it is a venture that is not without risk, albeit one which for some it pays off.... though for others it does not ( with all the consequences therein !
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Hopefully ramming the message home:
“THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES WITH ANY OF IT !”