If you sign a contract at a carrier, they train and type you at thier expense and you can take that type and experience with you when you leave. The pay for your type thing seems to be pretty much the same animal to me, except worse because you actually have to take money out of your pocket where the training contract people just have to stay for a year. (depending on the contract) Either way, you are paying something for you training...one person is paying money and the other is paying time.

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