An old instructor tells me a long, long time ago:
A bond is to protect the company if you want to leave before the end of your contract, right??
So basically, the management of that airline is telling you that if you have that rating you can find a better deal elsewhere…..or why would you leave??
Interesting to note that it is the guy making the offer, which believes its offer sucks….
So, what’s should be YOUR opinion????
Why a lot of major airline doesn’t need a bond? You can leave these companies just at the end of your training and….nobody leaves AF,LH or AA as soon as they have their rating….
You may not have any choice due to your personal situation, but think really twice before accepting an offer from an airline that de facto tells you, my offer sucks and we’ll rather have unhappy crewmembers that losing a bit of money on the training.
Again, YMMV, but think about it beforehand not after!