So instead of paying my course fees at university I should have gone round all the possible employers till I found someone who would pay for my course and until then sat around moaning that the world owed me a living......there is no difference between type rating and any other professional qualification. If that is what you need to do then get on with it. As for 'not working for Ryanair' that is pretty stupid if you get the opportunity. You get a lot of hours in a short time which when the downturn comes which it will, gives you the edge.
You can always leave after your bond......
I agree that working for nothing is going to get some peoples backs up but c'est la vie.
There aren't really many places you can do that at anyway. Besides if you were a builder or plumber wanting to work at one of the moaners houses and you offered to do it cheap to get the job how many would be saying 'no I want to pay the going rate to be fair to all your other builder chums'
