Paying for upgrade?!?
Three years ago I've got my first airline job as regional turboprop F/O for the airline that also operates mid-size, mid-range jets. Now my time has come to move onto bigger plane but my belowed company decided to change the rules of the game a bit. Instead of giving me 2yr bond, now it wants me to pay the costs of type rating. I know people are paying for their TRs but I've always thought they're doing it to land a job with Ryan, Easyjet and such. I'd like to know if there's any airline in EU/Americas/Middle East/Far East/Oz & NZ that requires their pilots to finance their upgrade from regional to mid-range (or mid- to long-range). Methinks some bonding is fair but paying is not, at least in cases where you have to accept pay cuts to upgrade.