Two comments
One, Loyalty is a two way street and many of the smaller operaters don't seem to get that..
Two, I understand the concept of bonds and why they exist. However, I just recently found myself owing the remaining $3300 of a bond through no fault of my own (company went tits up). Given that I'm far from the only person who this has happened too recently (see Skyward Aviation, Jetsgo....), I think that any money paid by a pilot for a bond should be held in trust. That way, if the pilot bolts, the company gets their money, and if the company gets mismanaged and goes tits up, the pilot gets the remainder of his bond back. Nobody gets screwed.
Cheers
