Originally Posted by
wags3539
My point is, if the company takes you, knowing full well beforehand that you will not have the time requirement when it comes time to upgrade, why shouldn't it be their responsibility to get you there. The way I see it, is my time of paying for training or building experience ended the day I walked into this job. Also, if the other airlines operating manual is similar to ours, it prohibits any commercial flying outside of the job. So there goes the possibility of flight instructing on the side to help build the necessary PIC. They know what time you have when they hire you, and if they agree to give you the job, then they agree to pay for whatever further training throughout your career with them may be (Sim rides, IBT, Recurrent ground, etc...)
This is not an excuse to not have the time required. Most pilots had to pay for that time on their own. So because you got your job handed to you, then the company should have to pay for the time you should have had when you got there? Like someone else said earlier they hired you as a FO not a CA. So the responsibility falls in the pilots hands not the company.