Thanks all so far for your input....
I didn't mean to start any fires.... I understand about "letting the company pay for it". I am a 5000 plus hr, 18 year veteran of this industry (freight dog for the past 6 years), but have gotten little traction in the world of business / charter aviation because I don't even apply for jobs that pay less than 30K for having me gone from home and on-call all the time. I am also not independently wealthy. However, I have someone "eyeballing" me, and it seems to be a good situation. So, I am CONSIDERING my options, since they wanted someone already typed.
Are Flight Safety and Simuflite the ONLY companies who do BE-40 types??