The clapped out airlines I have worked for have been professional training organisations; you go there get experience and move on to something better, I never thought it would still be happening in the “majors” if you can call the LCCs that
And the one ONLY good thing about paying for an endorsement is ITS YOURS! no bond, and when you find a better job you can just leave, and management is left scratching there head. why don't LCC provide training and then bond pilots, its one way to keep them.