Can an airline extend the usual "bonding for training" concept to being able to snaffle those MPL candidates [who are essentially under-time CPL people sheilded from the usual complex (but diverse) training route] and keep them under the thumb career wise as well as financially?
It seems to be a step backwards in that case - it used to be that as a trade-off for training/ratings, you would promise long service ("bond"), but now they will limit your opportunity for promotion and advancement too? ("F/O only..)
Is that the reality of the MPL?
WTAS