Originally Posted by
CHQ Pilot
Must not fly with the senior guys then. CHQ was pay for training up until 1999. I remember a few guys telling me how CHQ pioneered pay for training in the early 90s and Comair and others began shortly thereafter (I cannot confirm that though). I do know for a fact there are pay for training pilots from CHQ still on the seniority list (albeit not many..probably just under 100).
Don't know about CHQ, but your statement can apply to a bunch of carriers where PFT used to to be the norm, not the exception. COMAIR (as mentioned), CHQ (as mentioned), ASA, PCL (Express One), XJT (COEX), BIZEX (now AE), ACA (if there were still around), PSA (Jetstream International), etc do or would ALL have pilots still on the list that paid for initial training.