I presume you were one of the ones who caved in and bought your way into the right seat of a 737 and trying to justify it. Maybe you did not cut the mustard with all the companies out there who provide you with the type rating, pay you full salary and per diems while in training.
Uh, not quite. Widerĝe paid for my first rating. Salary etc. during the t/r course. Spent 6 years with them.
Then Cathay Pacific offered me a job on the B777 (twice) in 2009. I declined, but am still in the hold pool. My little backup, you might say. The idea of moving to Hong Kong really didn't sit too well with the missus...
Chose to buy the rating and fly for DY instead. Fed up of commuting and did not particularly look forward to flying 8-9 sectors/day and being away from my family for 7-9 days in a row the rest of my life.
I never said I like how things have turned out in our business. And, as always, I like to provoke!
