Some airlines make you even pay to start the command assessments. If you fail the assessments you are suddenly £4500 short. Its all business.
Bull****.
If a company has to ask for charity from their employees they should not be in business. Staff training is a legitimate company cost. Even moreso for SAFETY CRITICAL employees.
When the hell are pilots going to wake up and realise they are getting shagged over a barrel with no vaseline? I am beginning to think that they like it