Originally Posted by
jumppilot03
I guess ill be the first to say it. You are hurting all of us by paying for it on your own. You are using your own money to subsidize a company that can afford to operate a private jet. Seems like a wise investment to me.
I totally agree with you, and yet you can see why people are exploring this option--virtually every ad you see for a corporate, charter or contract position says "Type Rating required" for the airplane they operate. They want the pilot to pay for the essential cost of qualifying their pilots.
And on top of that, it is practically impossible to maintain the currency requirements for even one, to say nothing of several aircraft that require more than one pilot. If you have to attend simulator recurrent training and take a PC every 12 or 24 months, at $12-25K, you can't stay ahead of it.