I already posted this in another thread: At my flightschool they freezed all of the 6th day pay (which was pretty high by the way) and guess what! A lot of instructors asked to work 6th days for free just to get the hours. I bet they won't bring that 6th day pay soon... So there are people there willing to work for free, I bet there are even people willing to pay for the type and work as an FO for 15$/hr. In Europe paying for the type rating has been completly normal even before COVID.