Hi there,
I thought the thread had died since so sorry for the late reply.
Thanks for all the info. Actually, I have decided not to pay for the type rating. I have always been against self-funded type-ratings and pay-to-fly programs and even fly-for-free programs.
The things is, when you get an offer for a job and the guy tells you "you'll need to get a rating first", you start thinking and it makes you want to go against your principles.
The offer is from a very small and brand new charter company based in West Africa that only owns ONE King Air 200. I will go there without a Type Rating and see what can be done.
Jumbo.