There is a big difference between paying for your own education and certificates and buying a job. Your degree and/or certificates are yours to take with you, However, airline specific training is not. i.e. You buy a job at ABC Airlines and they go under. If XYZ Airlines is also PFT, ABC's doesn't help you one bit. Anybody that pays an employer as a condition of employment is not a professional at all. They're just warming the seat and taking a job away from real professionals.