V1rotate - I don't have a problem with people paying for a type rating or negotiating a bonding period in lieu if they have been offered a job. If that was the case with you then well done!
What I don't like is people paying for type ratings without a job offer or companies like BAC Express and Streamline who are obviously using desperate wannabes to improve their bottom line.
I think people pay for type ratings in the hope that it will rocket them onto the 'bottom rung of the ladder'. However, what they don't realise is that they are effectively 'removing' that bottom rung for people coming behind them. What's next? Pay for a type rating then work for a year for free? There goes the second rung of the ladder!