Originally Posted by
Photon
No. I mean, Lion Air only hires people through Eagle Jet.
Eagle Jet is a company which basically sells jobs. So you would pay Eagle Jet / Lion Air 40 000 dollars, to fly their 737 for free for 500 hours.
I'm not that desperate that I'm willing to pay to work. I thought most people on this forum were against the p2f mentality.
So I would rather wait, until I could find someplace that would hire me, and actually pay me.
Plus, I couldn't afford it anyway, took me some time to save up for the type rating in the first place
Since you said you are going to pay for a type rating the logical follow on is places like Lion Air. Yes, it would be great if paying for type ratings was never done, but since you started the ball rolling by saying this you are already in the p2f mentality. That's not said in a mean manner, just an observation.
Since there are so many people willing to pay for type ratings ( note, especially in Europe ) the industry will feed on it. That leaves you with a tough decision. Stick it out moving up the food chain slowly without paying or take the risk of paying to move up the food chain faster.
Just think, if no pilot ever willingly paid for a type rating all airlines and corporate flight departments would have to pay for you.
Typhoonpilot