Originally Posted by
eiffel
BusDriverMan, with due respect, I think you are being mistaken. In your case, you are refering to a Type Rating bond….
Bonding for a Type Rating is fair enough…. (Most airlines do it and it's quite alright in my opinion).
But bonding for an OCC is a complete different story !.... What would be the next step? Deducting part of your salary for your CRM recurrent once a year? Lowering your wage on your LPC month?
Apparently, for the OCC, Wizz takes out of your salary 415€/month for a year (5000€ total).
Again a Type rating is on your licence and a qualification which is (potentially) transferable to another airline. An OCC is not. It's inherent and specific to each individual airlines (regardless of your qualifications and experience). Unless I am unaware of other airlines doing it, I believe Wizz is the only airline to have such a practice.
You only get this contract if you are either changing seats (current FO joining as a CPT without PIC experience) or have less than 500 hours as an FO (cadet pilot). As most airlines require at least 500 hours on type to be eligible as a type rated pilot. Many guys jumped ship after 500 A320 hours. Pilots with less than 500 hours also require a bit more training hence the cost.