Hey Jonathan, how are you? You are correct that the issue revolved around the £5,000
bond that guys who were already type rated were asked to stump up for. Not really fair to withold a reference which is a totally separate matter in my opinion: they either worked for Jet2 or they didn't. To deny it is a lie that has the potential to damage someone's career, but who in Channex management cares two figs about that? This has also involved at least three former Channex employees to my knowledge, not just one, by the way. At least there is some grass on the other side, nothing could possibly be as barren as Jet2.
GGV, it's not just Ryanair who can be accused of witholding references & implementing elongated notice periods. With jet2 it's a four month notice period & if you dare to leave before you have worked out all of this time then they charge you an extortionate amount for the shortfall.
I wonder if you lost a potential job because of them denying that you were there & an airside ID was subsequently lost that you could sue them for loss of potential earnings? Any legal eagles out there care to comment?
Thank you for all of your comments.