CamelhAir anyone who says
I hope my input to this thread will change the minds of those who expect airlines to pay for type ratings
is either a fellow traveller or lacks sufficient wit to understand the business. Nice try at the logical approach, but we are not dealing with the full deck here - as you can see when you read that it is the pilots who are causing the pilot shortage
Why is this so ? Because there are a lot of stubborn pilots out there who are reluctant to pay for a type rating
Pray that he or she stays in the highly protected environs of
EIME and never ventures out. Before they damage themselves they will undoubtedly damage several others
en route. If this is a current pilot, then God help us all ....