Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
True, but paying for the majority of your training, hoping to get a job, when other employers do that for you, and rationalizing that it's an "investment" can be open to varied interpretations.
It's called Pay For Training. As long as guys are willing to do it, this disturbing practice will continue.
This, of course, has always lowered SWAs costs, putting downward pressure on other airlines to do the same. This, in turn, has reduced other pilot unions' negotiating leverage during contract talks.