You will always pay !
Unfortunatly the boys with the rich daddys have wrecked the industry for us all with there determination to get ahead of the game by buying themselfs a type rating and over the past few years the beancounters have copped on to this and now we all have to pay.
People at one time would think that training bonds were unfair but free training balanced only by a commitment to work for an airline for two of three years must seem like a very good deal now !.
The lower pay to repay the training is always the best as you cant be taxed on what you have not been paid !.