Pilot who failed test must pay for training: Court

[PLovett]

I understand the same situation exists at DJ. That is you are backing yourself to succeed because you are not finally accepted for line training until you have completed the endorsement and satisfactorily passed a simulator check. You then still have another check at the end of line training before you are fully accepted.

As a friend of mine who has undergone the process said, "It was a huge relief to get that last check done as there was a lot riding on it".

I don't expect this situation will change unless there is a gross shortage of pilot applicants and the airlines have to start encouraging people to join. However, perhaps the cadet schemes will have taken care of that by then so its a lost cause expecting the airlines to pay for the endorsement