Adverse-bump,
I think you are stepping on the poster's point aren't you?
Yes, YOU have a job. Well done-have a medal. But the point is there are poor low hour cadets out there who don't and as the poster alluded to- they feel isolated and feel the need to get a TR themselves. And you call them idiots? What if after 2 years they still haven't realised their dream through no fault of their own - i.e not even one interview. Are they idiots for trying to get a foot on the ladder? Or should they wave a white flag and walk back to the stuffy office they left in order to accomplish a dream.
People percieve that the way to get jobs are via a TR, so everyone pays for a TR. How did it start? it's like the chicken and the egg.
The poster is right. I'd sign up for a level playing field so no cadet feels that to get ahead, they have to get a TR.
I have budgeted for a FI rating. But I can get nowhere near to a TR.