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reasonable bond when you start with an airline is reasonable. i.e. it follows reason. If
they are paying for your training they may want some time to amortise the cost. However, if you pay for your own training to get qualified for the job and they now want you to fly different equipment because it's more cost efficient for them, it is very simple. THEY pay because it's for their benefit. Some are going to say well it's your benefit as well, true but that's only as a result of what they want. They want you because your are a known quantity, they respect and require your skillset. Indeed if it wasn't tranferable they may make you redundant like some who were in IT found out. To be bonded is typical of this current management's style of the big stick approach.
Wouldn't it be nice to see that you weren't bonded because they had your loyalty earnt through respect and good conditions. In the meantime (Reykjavik becomes tropical paradise) tell them to F@#$ OFF!
P.S. Simple equation
To start in airlines (2 different approaches)
Eq 1 Bond / Reduced salary for endorsement = Pay for endorsement
Once in airline
What their offering
Eq 2 Promotion = Bonded for endorsement
Substitute Eq 1 in 2
Therefore PAY FOR PROMOTION!!!!!
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