Paying for type rating and loyalty
If it comes to the point of most airlines demanding that new pilots pay for a type rating before they are employed, I guess the loyalty to that compay is going to be pretty much non-existant.
I would regard the type rating as "mine". I wouldn't think twice about leaving that company and finding greener pastures. I wouldnt think anything of any moral requirement to stay. The company wouldnt be able to hold me to any bond either.
I am just guessing but I would think that a certain Irish based low cost carrier may find a tidal wave of people leaving the company as soon as the opprtunity arises.
If a company is working to such tight financial limits that they cant afford to train their staff, do you really want to work for such a poorly run business? Would you go to a restuarant where you are expected to cook your own food, do your own washing up and pay for the priveledge?
As prospective aircrew we have NO representation anywhere. BALPA seem to be too busy looking after the BA pension fund issue to consider other companies never mind those of us at the bottom of the food chain. IPA simply doesnt have enough clout, and MP's couldnt give a stuff about a small number of politically insignificant people.
This whole buy your own type rating makes bonding look positively angelic in comparison