The main players that ask you to pay for your type rating, in one way or another is, All of Them.
The normal way of things is that you are bonded, see Tailscrape's excellent explanation about how it works below. The idea is to stop people from getting a type rating and running off to another airline.
Some of the airlines now ask that you pay for the cost of the type rating up front, such as Ryanair and Easyjet. I have heard that some airlines will bond you for any differences training if you turn up with a type rating that was bought from a supplier that use different SOP's.
Welcome to the wacky world of wanting to be a commercial pilot.
Last edited by Flypuppy; 22nd Jul 2003 at 07:27.