Transavia used to be a good company. It is a 100% KLM subsidiary and quite successful in the charter business. Lately it has been transformed into a loco charter "web" airline and started to charge a fee for pilot applications. I chose not to apply, as I chose not to pay for an application and sim check at FR.
But others do. It all started with "pay for training", a practise started in the US, if I am not mistaken. Here in Europe, the bean counters have taken the concept many steps ahead. As long as we keep on paying, the trend will continue and some airlines will find other things to charge us for. I doubt it if this sort of thing takes place in any other profession, except maybe for prostitutes.
