Also, don’t ever pay for your own ratings. If someone can afford to operate an aircraft, they can pay to train you to fly it. If they can’t afford training, they can’t afford to pay you and they can’t afford to operate an aircraft. We’ll end up like euroland if you take it upon yourself to pay for your own type. Speaking of which, if you’re the SouthWest pilot who owned regional airline training academy in deland, kiss our collective asses. The JS from Vegas to Orlando on a 320 in 2009 was the most painful and ackwsrd experience ever. If you are the former “admissions” officer for said school, how do puppies and kittens taste?