Boeing7117:
What about Flybe?
TR paid for on the Q400....
No reduced starting salary either.....
Flybe use £570 yearly increments on the payscale, and year 4 salary is £31405. Doesn't the year 1 salary of £25060 instead of the expected £29689 and the similar reduced salary in years 2 and 3 look suspiciously like a salary reduction of over £8000 for training costs to you? Even in year 4 onwards, their salaries aren't exactly top notch, given the large outlay most will have made to train.
Initial type ratings are invariably paid for by the newbie in one way or another. Sometimes it requires you to peer just slightly below the surface rather than simply accept information at face value...