CC, what about those who
need a job? Like you say, preying on the desperate. It is a scam, of sorts.
By the way I
needed a job when I started at Jersey European. I'd never heard of them before I was told I had an interview with them. I did 15 years and 4 TRs (the first was a jet, without having a JOC
) at Flybe and was in the top 100 of the seniority list when I left. But you wouldn't have me because I had no interest or knowledge of them before I started?
As for the rest, at least A TR is relevant to the job.
If you're that interested I was bonded on a 100% contract and never paid a penny up front. I did have to suffer 3 whole months on half pay but as my training took sooooo long I was given 3 weeks worth of salary in a lump sum as a gesture of goodwill (can you lot even remember what that means?) and I now earn more than a 10 year LTC at Flybe and fly less than 500 hours a year.