I am old school...and I say that any Airline should pay for all training costs on any equipment that any worker needs to operate as part of any contract with said Airline...
Any Airline should pay all training costs, period, final, all said and dusted and suffer the consequences or reap the benefits of said training.
But, then again I am old school.
How many passengers will the budget Airlines management kill with the new 200 hour trainee pilots in the right seat?
But I suppose that is like budget Airlines management saying an aileron control running un-commanded and flexing a wing up one and down one metre is not a safety hazard and is not worth reporting to the ATSB?