AUTO/MAN. . . . I agree too, if, and only IF , you can offer a person starting now in this industry a viable alternative to kick.start his career.
As a "Contract Capt" in NAS you probably view me as somewhat lower than a Dog Dropping. . .but, I never paid for a Rating in my life. . . .however, I am not such a dumb old guy to say, were I 20 years old now, that I wouldn't.
Times change, for e v e r y t h i n g in life, as the dinosaurs (didn't) realise, adapt or face extinction.
I don't like it, but if you don't face it . . . . . . . . .
If you can find a job with Wideroe (or whatever) & avoid paying out, Congrats
really , I say that with no malice, but in the current market , people can't sit home forever waiting for that chance in a thousand.