Didnt pay anything for my TRs.
Feel sorry for those guys who are paying to fly as it seems to be the norm at the moment. Its even being encouraged by the training schools who feel that they have to further justify their zero to flight deck pitch in a very poor market...its also very lucrative for them.
And some of the airlines are now only giving a fixed amount of line experience before the pay to fly guy is ejected in favour of the next guy willing to pay…so less of the “We’ve trained you so we’ll keep you” mentality as its proving very lucrative for them as well.
And if you think thats bad just check out the Varsity Express thread where guys paid for a J31 TR and didn’t even get ANY training.
http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...ek-merged.html
It might be less risky to simply work your way up, get some good experience and have some fun rather than look for short cuts...as there's usually a catch to look out for.