Be Careful!
This could be turned against pilots if not carefully considered. After all, why should an airline spend thousands of dollars training a pilot to operate a particular aircraft type to then find that after a short time that person buggers off to another employer who just happens to offer better terms?
To suggest that pilots not pay for their training is a big mistake. How much does it cost a doctor, dentist, solicitor, architect , accountant etc. to receive his or her training traiuning? How long does it take them to earn top dollar?
Pliots need to get a grip on reality. Airlines are no longer run by entrepeneurial pilots as though they are glorified aero clubs. Those days are, thank God, behind us with airlines now being cut throat businesses. The people that now run these businesses are hard headed people out to make a dollar, not a charity to assist pilots receive their training and then hold the world to ransom. For that reason alone, pilots and aspiring pilots will have to eventually realise that they have to take financial responsibility for the acquisition of their skills.