Originally Posted by A320rider
if an airline ask you to pay for your type rating, how many of you will accept ??(based on you have the job gauranty).
how many of you have 30000 euro? and how do you feel to pay for your own training?
How many flies for Ryanair? They won't even hire you until AFTER linetraining, thus no guarantee - and you still have to pay for the type rating.
Would I pay for it? H*** yah! (Ryanair - give me a call
). As long as the market is willing and the outlook is good I see no worries pushing out 30000 quid extra for a safer and faster career track. Ask a doctor how much he has put out when he's done with med-school....
If you can afford it - why not. If you can't - there are still plenty of ways to get in still. See it as buying a rather expensive "fastpass" in the themepark.
Do I agree with the industry being this way? NO
Will the industry pay my salary in the future? YES
Does their word outweigh mine then? YES (darn)
Alternatively there are a few places you can do a first officer program and get 500-1000 hours extra in your logbook for the same price. Just make sure the aircraft you buy SIC time on is in fact considered multi-crew by JAR definition. Would suck to have loads of second-in-command time on a single-pilot airplane.