Bealzebub:
What an excellent post; that is exactly the way I remember it. In particular, I have bad memories of those who accepted the free training and then did a runner at the first available opportunity. A very good friend of mine was FOD in a large UK-airline. He would not hire anyone who had a dozen types on their licence for that usually meant that they could not even begin to spell the word loyalty. He would much rather hire someone of good character and spend money on training them. The type-hunters in the past have a lot to answer for.