With the greatest of respect Captain at your cervix73 - bollocks then to what you think about us wanabees trying every trick left to us in the book to break into this business.
If shelling out £20k for a self funded type rating gets me in the game to one day become a Captain like your good self i`l do it gladly and to hell with how it effects your salary, pension, terms and conditions and time off - Ive got to eat as well!