dbflyer

We need to stop viewing training as something we "get" from an employer. The employer spends money because it benefits them, not because it benefits the pilot.

Just like the employer, a pilot is taking a risk every time they go for a new type ride. Have a bad day and the pilot has a failure on their record that could affect future employment. Both sides take a risk when sending someone to training. The employer takes a financial risk and the pilot takes a reputational (future financial) risk every time there is a FAA check ride involved.

Had the employer been able to attract the right pilot with a type rating already, they would have. They usually can't because they don't pay enough to make someone with a current type rating want come work for them. So, they go for the next best (least expensive) thing for them and they try to find someone with the skill set and aviation experience who is willing to go through another training program and check ride so that they can fly the companies airplane.

All the good companies recognize that when they find someone willing and able to pass a checkride, they are going to have to offer them pay and QOL that will make the pilot want to stay long enough to recoup their expense in pilot training.

The crappy companies rely on training contracts to do the same thing.