There is nobody that I know that lets you pay for flying commercially in the JAA. This is really an American disease and as such is not a concern to JAA license holders.
Paying for type ratings is.
There are very very few quality operators out there who will be happy with a self sponsored type rating conducted at an unfamiliar training organisation some months ago where the student was also the paymaster. For obvious reasons.
Therefore unless you have a virtual IN to a particular company on a particular type I would strongly advise you not to pay for your own type rating on spec.
Frankly the kind of small airline that makes you pay to work for them is just the kind of airline that will infect you with bad habbits and low standards.
Stay away in JAA land.
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