I am no lawyer but FR "bonding" you via Brookfields in such a manner after you have paid for the privilege of training with them plus had further deductions from your pay for recurrent training just won't hold water. It is an onerous contract. If you must end up at FR don't let the threat of them suing you put you off from getting out with your 500 hours and getting a job with an airline that respects its employees. I hardly think they would want all these T&C's thrashed out in court. They are already getting regularly beaten up in the papers here in Ireland due mainly to the ongoing court case with the Dublin pilots. The Irish Times I am sure would love to publish the sorry tales of cadet pilots who are on the bones of their ar*es trying to get by whilst the company returns record profits.