They put me in the euro hold pool with a threat to be withdrawn if I didn't accept, despite me doing the selection for WUK, and only being able to work in the UK, having a UK licence, and me emailing repeatedly, which got totally ignored. Kind of academic, as it was a very distant third choice of the three offers I had at the time, but it didn't bode well of what the company is like.
PS a salary deduction for training isn't really a bond, it's a charge... And it's taken from net (after tax) pay, so gross that up at 62% tax for Captain makes corrected gross pay about £93,000. For Captain, it made more sense to buy the rating up front.