It is all in line with the way the wannabe market is going. Fly for free, pay them to fly, pay for rating, pay for application.......the list goes on and on and will go on and on if we accept it.
Once you are in you'll probably find you have to pay for your uniform, pay for your hotel room on a stopover, buy your own drink in the cruise, collect your wages every fortnight from the lady at the cash office.
If I want to get screwed I go to a lady of the night not an airline.
haggard the horrible.