Denti just confused me.
And to step back a few posts, but back when I was a prospective westjet guy, the deal was that if you were hired you were not provided with any training pay or any accomodation if you were selected, while all other airlines gave both. Plus it was mandatory that you had to fly yourself out to calgary to "do the tour" of the hangar and shake hands with the recruitment guy, escorted by your sponsor.
While that's not pay to fly, it was pretty degrading compared to what the others were doing. Yet guys lined up for it. It may have changed now, but I don't know. Feel free to shed light if you are in the know.
Plus, if you were lucky enough to be hired, you were "expected" to put 20% of your measly starting salary into compay stocks, lest you be ostracized.
Yes, we have our sad stories in canada too, let's not even talk about jetsgo.