Have to agree with Olympic here. European LoCos dont seem to be hiring as much as they were in the past maybe 2-3 years, but I remember when they were, most European carriers required a "self-sponsered jet familiarizastion course" aka You pay for your training. You would have guys getting their comm. certificates, then getting a loan and spending another 20k to get a type rating. In the beginning this started getting guys jobs, the word spread, and more and more airlines started doing it, as it was working for them. Then it even went to the point where you were required to have a type-rating, but werent even guarenteed the job !!

Complete non-sense, we shouldnt have to pay for our training, and it is dragging the entire industry in Europe down. Its not cheap, and only the wealthy can do it. Do you apply at a grocery store or McDonalds and have to pay for your training?? Its laughable, and to say otherwise is laughable as well. But it has become a standard overthere and hopefully this disease wont spread any further then it already has. Its hard enough getting a good flying job.