I disagree this should only be targeted at people who have over 1000 hours for 'fairness'.
Life is not fair and whilst i do feel for the guys who have recently paid they went into this eyes wide open. Ultimately they will be free to move on if they want once they have sufficient hours to better jobs where as the bonded guys and girls wont.
The other side of the coin is up until now it has been unfair because it excludes many people based on not being able to raise the 29500 euros ;-)
Ultimately if we want the industry to move away from putting the cost of all training on the pilots and as such allow the profession to be more inclusive and not bent towards those with the ability to pay we should be thankful for every move towards that utopia.... and this is a move in the right direction.