Right, lets get this perfectly straight.
Bonding for an intial Type rating is not illegal. You can be bonded for whatevever Cost is involved and X amount of years.
This is perfectly reasonable, as the company have to recupe some of their initial training costs.
To be continuously Re Bonded, as some I have known to have been in the past, SD-360, Dash 8-300 and then the BAE 146, because a company decides that this is the way they are going to operate is ILLEGAL. END OF STORY!
You cannot keep bonding people just because it suits the company to do so.
In employment law this is prejudicial to normal advancement and carrer progression. Which is Illegal. Everyone must have been given equally the same and or similar opportunities. So those for example who have been in the company for say less than 10 years and are bonded on subsequent types, should be afforded the same courtesy, as those who have say been in the company for 10 years or more and not been bonded.
If you found that you have been unfaily treated and then take this to court, the court would definititely stand in your favour.
Do Not Ever Sign a Second or, god forbid, a Third or Fourth bond.
