I get it now Captain Frank Furillo from Hill Street Blues.... memories.
I welcome all comments and I don't wish to upset anyone nor rubbish their views however my mention of "thorough research" was aimed at minimising the risk and not nullifying it. I realise that there is only so much research one can undertake on potential training within the aviation sphere. At best it'll give a silhouette of the training organisation or school so I'm not advocating that somehow you chaps haven't done your homework I'm sure you most certainly have. You probably were also patient, diplomatic and understanding throughout the training but there really might have been instances where Bond were unable to accomodate the line training for you, in other words a genuine excuse though an excuse nevertheless.
In all financial and commercial dealings there's always a percentage of 'parties'
who get a raw deal. No doubt there are people who hail the great service they got upon driving their new car out of a showroom and have been in love with their new purchase ever since. Whereas another equivalent customer is seething about both car and showroom staff during all apsects of the sale and the subsequent after sales care. I'm sure this scenario can be painted across all industries and Aviation has it's fair share of such a situation too. Bond probably have their supporters too but they'll also have a percentage of students (how can I put this) for whom the roulette wheel stopped on the wrong number. This isn't how a training organisation should be a 'game of chance' but more a case of life itself where you were just unlucky.
Bond do appear to have set up alot of people for their line training so it's not a complete lie but maybe they need to be fair and explain that it's probable or depending on the time of year you undertake your course might not necessarily match the annual industry cycle thus bottlenecks there. There are all manner of possible situations and/or explanations which only Bond really know about and I'm ceratinly no expert at all.... But try and negotiate with them to at the very least recover something . I sincerely wish you chaps all the best don't think I'm against you in any way, as I always say quite simply weren't all in it together.
I feel for you guys .....