self funded T/R always get you flamed
BUT it is a decision that one sometimes has to make.
A change from one type to another drasticly different type, is often never accepted by owners or management companies.
Go for a T/R that is popular in your neck of the wood.
Perhaps the only down side is that so many of these "idiots" say you need hours on type before they will employ you, or no one employes a pilot with zero on type.
Bollows: if they buy a new type, they all have ZERO hours on type, so how come it is safe for them and not for you. Both situation use experienced pilots to share the knowledge with the new boy.
glf