Not counting the school where I instructed I have worked at three companies. Neither my current company nor the last one would dream of asking a pilot to pay for their type rating.
May I refer you to this point:
Seems like you're fortunate enough Flinstone to have been hired by a company thatdoes not enter into SSTR's. Others, especially in this climate, are not so fortunate.
It seems like we both agree that paying for TR's is not right, yet our view is polarised by who has the power to stop it. Personally I'd argue Captain's/LTC's have the power to stop SSTR'sand indeed the decline of T's and C's through union action via BALPA (FR excluded due to their lack of union represenation). You seem to think if every wannabe stopped paying for TR's then the schemes would stop. My conclusion is I guess we're both too idealistic! The SSTR schemes have been allowed infiltrate their way in. Shame on everyone for not making more of a stand.