We are our own worst enemies, a lot of the "pay your own rating" comes from pilots who have had their training paid for and packed their bags and moved on. A lot of you bleat on about never paying for ratings, but the simple fact is that a lot of companies are sick to death of paying for 3 or 4 pilots a year to do ratings and then moving on. Look after the pilots then, I hear you say!! Rubbish, we are like a bunch of Hookers always looking for the best deal. Most pilots bitch and moan about everything, some to the extent of Diva status when things go wrong. The fact is, if you have NEVER paid your own rating but have left a company before your agreed term of "payback" then you are the one who has caused this cancer and NOT the Guy who is now paying for his rating because of your "entitlement." Its a chain reaction and you always blame the last link!!! The company I work for will not fund ratings because we simply have no legal way to protect ourselves, and there are to many self serving pilots out there with no morals. We only have ourselves to blame!!