It is a pilot legend that future employers will know, care or even think it was a bad thing to buy a job. Why would SWA care if you bought a job when you were starting out? They want you to buy a type rating prior to employment. It shows incentive and a drive to fly.

The only ones who care are those who are climbing the ladder alongside and do not have the money to buy themselves a job too. Pilots lie, cheat and steal to get ahead (especially during hard times). Buying a job is low on the list of things used to get ahead.

No one cares. Buy a job. Don't buy a job. Aviation is a risk. Doing nothing when there is a valid opportunity on the table is not the best either. Others have dads who own planes or are on the board of a major airlines. If your only advantage is to buy a job then don't let others try and talk you out of using that as a means to reaching your goals.

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