Why would anyone pay for their own training in any job? I understand that a person might wish to take a course etc in order to show they are qualified on their c.v. and application form, but once employed I am amazed that a person would pay for on the job training. If that is the state of the industry you work in I say don't bother working in it. If everyone took that approach employers would wake up and value staff. I speak as SLF and a frequent flyer over the past 40 years or so. If it means I can't fly because airlines go bankrupt, so be it, I will go by sea, land whatever. I can even get a bus to Oz now from London!