TYR seems to have got the message as they are now quite quite intensively looking for measures to retain pilots.
Paperless cockpit and preferential bidding are on the way and the self-briefing flight planning software is also undergoing a major upgrade.
TYR will probably never be able to offer the same T&Cs as a major carrier but they are trying harder than they used to to be a good employer. It is understandable that that didn't occur to them during the last couple of years when they were more or less the only company hiring minimum hour copilots.
As for the bond, what is fair is mainly a matter of point of view. For the company it doesn't seem fair to pay for a typerating just to see that pilot disappear after a year or two. For pilots it isn't fair to have to bleed money in order to go for better conditions. I don't think there is an "ideal" solution for this dilemma, it will remain a matter of bargaining power and job market conditions (with the interesting effect that the pilots' bargaining position for a shorter bond is better when the company would most need it due to an open job market for pilots and worse when the company wouldn't care as no on is hiring anyway.)
Off to work....