...and I still can't see what's wrong with that. It's an investment I'm am willing to make just as my licence or my intrument rating was years ago.
Paying for a rating is not uncommen at all. Most of the "civilian" pilots I know had to do it at least once. And if it gets you a great step ahead in your career, maybe even the critical one, why not?
Of course I could just stick with my executive job and save me the money but maybe I'm tired of being forced to disregard duty times and weather minima, flying with unrated copilots, working unpaid overtime, not having a predicable off time. And all that for €60k a year.
(And yes, this is already one of the better companies to work for here in Germany.)
Last edited by Rotatohead; 23rd Dec 2012 at 20:20.