Etihad to pay the Bond.
Just heard that senior management in Etihad now want to pay the bonds of Pilots joining now.
Apparently they had a lot of trouble with Malaysian Pilots who had joined recently and not paid their bonds, they don't want a repeat.
They have also realised that asking Pilots to take a loan to pay their bond on arrival in Abu Dhabi is unworkable.
One manager said that "paying bonds off, is a small price to pay to keep aircraft flying"
Now that Gulf Air are about to raise the package, Etihad need to give this incentive to attract Pilots.