Not foregoing the valid commercial reasons for charging for type ratings, there are either a lot of managers here defending the new Logan policy or a lot of pilots (who have the comfort of having multi crew time under their belts) who have forgotten what it was like. I would have thought it would be the latter and I bet a good portion of you had bonding available to you back in the day so just remember its your fellow colleagues that you are not supporting!
Dont forget that when your colleague is massively in debt and is not in a position to stand up and ask for what they are actually worth because they "had" to accept terms such as these, they will be no good to you when you are wanting support for an increase in your terms and conditions. They will sell out to save their own bacon at the earliest chance because they have no other option! This new Logan scheme while (possibly) economic for the company is only going to serve to increase debt and desperation amongst new pilots. That is not a good thing!! Pilots coming out of training with a mortgage and no house to show for it is going to hurt the pilot community in the long run! Start supporting your fellow pilots, if only by speaking out against schemes such as these and.....
STOP STICKING YOUR HEADS IN THE SAND!