The flight school I work at had a 172 that had a crash landing by a student. It messed up the firewall, nose gear and engine. The owner bought it back from the insurance company and is going to get it repaired. The engine on it was almost timed out so he was going to spend that money anyway.
I appreciate they underlined and capitalized "Airline"
but that free chow........
A type rating doesn’t really do much for the person receiving it, especially in the 121 world. When you go to a new company, they have to put you through an initial training program regardless of if you have the type or not.
It is the cost of doing business. As pilots we fronted all the costs for our generic certifications. Now we need to specialize in a specific aircraft that more likely than not will not help us in the future once we move on from a regional. Even if we had the type rating and experience the company would be required to train us as if we never have the type rating to begin with. This is why it is (and should remain) a business cost rather than employee cost.
These arrangements are illegal in many states, thank goodness.
Exactly. I’m in the Part 91 world but as the boss I won’t ever ask for a training contract…even though over here the type ratings are indeed portable (and the cookies on the expense account are nicer than the Doubletree cookies). It’s my job to recruit and retain long-term employees. Training is part of the cost of doing business. Nothing more, nothing less.
. But SouthernJets basically said “Ooh! Oh, we’ll take care of this real quick, forget it ever happened”. 
Oh I still remember their marketing director claiming I was on the “outs” at my employer because a student said something about “Over at Jetcareers, they said I didn’t need to be here to work for the airlines” and a very threatening phone call like it was yesterday.
Fun fact? One of my attorneys was Bill Dvorak, former C44 chairman!
