I got furloughed last October and was interviewing at a place that operated BeechJets with the "you pay for your type", and we take care of recurrent. There wasn't even an option to have them repay me.

Needless to say, I turned down the job. It's unfortunate that people will dish out $10k to buy a job, with an "agreement" from the company that they will be reimbursed.

Offer to the company that they pay for your type, and you will sign a year training contract, with a pro-rated cost if you leave before the 12 months.


And to the person who said this is good business sense, that is just ridiculous. If you're throwing this type rating on a credit card, you are paying interest and now qualify for less credit due to a higher debt to income ratio. And if you're paying cash, you're losing even more money because now you aren't using that 10k to invest or bring in more profitable ventures (unless you count buying a job as a profitable venture).

Anyway, it seems obvious to me that it is simply the company trying to take advantage of the stiff job market. The company I interviewed with said that that is "how it's done in the charter world"... and I politely informed him that of all my friends flying charter, not one of them has ever paid for their type rating.

Good luck to us all in this economy =(