Originally Posted by
contrails
Well, James Bond -
'When you get furloughed from your 25K a year job here in the states and a place in China is offering 75K for the same job, it may make sense to some to drop $500-1500 down and get the limitation off the certificate.
Weird isn't it?

Contrails-
The weird part to me is how the original poster stated:
"I'm kind of finicky about my certs, and if I have a type rating I don't want the limitations...even if the limitation has no effect on current operations."
I can see where you are coming from, but our original poster doesn't start with his regional for another month and a half. I guess its never to early to plan for a furlough.