Gypsy, you might have misunderstood me, i.e. this is not a p!ssing contest - indeed I don’t even work for Go (I used to, but not any more) and as such I don’t give a monkeys as to who is best, mostly because neither can match up to what I do, and who I work for, now - it's like chalk and cheese !
In any event my posting above is merely meant to make the point about the low-cost folks historic perspective, against where they are now.
That said, I was never aware that Go had paid-off outstanding bonds ?! but in any event, so long as the pilot works the contractual notice period and that their employer is not out of pocket w.r.t. any remaining type-rating bond, who cares ?!
Incidentally, a little birdy tells me that Go will now only take B737 type rated pilots - it was mentioned as a cost saving measure in Bab's most recent memo to all the staff.
Nb. It's also been rumoured that over one hundred BA LGW(EOG) 737 pilot have suddenly (in the last 10 days) applied to Go.
(somewhat cynically) It's just a shame about those non-typerated pilots who, until last week, had start dates, course dates, who'd resigned from their previous jobs, who'd moved their families (some from far afield), but who've since been made redundant by Go. Uhm, is that legal ?