Originally Posted by
VTcharter
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.
VT
Who says that you'd necessarily get a type rating? Perhaps at a fractional but new hire FO's at regional airlines, ala Lynx, are not getting a type with their training contract.
I know a guy that got on with SWA and bought his type. Within a few months, he was interviewed and hired by UPS and left. So, having to pay for a 737 type doesn't necessarily keep you around.