Yep fair enough I think we are in agreement to be honest, the way the industry has gone now I think you need to really split the buy-a-rating argument in two. At the risk of stating the obvious if you get a job offer from a really top tier outfit like BA or Monarch then bite their hand off. And I do have to agree that if a decent job offer with a good employer was already secured, contingent on acquisition of a type rating at own expense, I think in today's world you'd be mad not to go for it.
However the speculative buy-a-type-rating thing without a job offer - let alone the dreaded "500 hours line training" load of sh!t - no way Jose
