I think it is a good idea that pilots should have a "black list" of airlines that ask their cockpit crews to fund their entry into the company
Wow. I could only imagine the size of that list. It would stretch halfway across the Atlantic.
I understand your principles completely. But, the industry has changed into something quite repulsive in the last 2 years. It will never go back to how it once was. Unfortunately, the self funded Type Rating is here to stay. Do I agree with this principle...no way...but it is a fact of life in today's forever changed aviation landscape. I'm telling you, airlines bonding a new hire are like a dinosaur....extinct.
Principles and idealism are great.....except they don't put bread on the table.