er82:
A bond is a bond as I understand it (and I used to have one) and you do not have to pay unless you leave within the period, and then only the amount outstanding depending on how it was defined. So These folk who have already forked over their 50k on basic training are going to stump up another 5 grand of real money they probably don't have, not bond money which is isn't actually paid out of pocket.
If you can afford to buy an SLK320 on your Q400 salary then £5000 probably wouldn't present too much of a problem but those people aren't ever going to see it again no matter how long they work for FlyBe. In fact many will be paying interest on it for some years to come while your bond grows smaller at no cost to yourself.
And spare a thought for those of us who've been very loyal for 4 years in the right hand seat of a turboprop, earning less than you and can't even get a reply from FlyBe.
Perhaps you could be just a little bit gracious?!