The sooner the better, that's all I can say.
I would'nt mind signing a small bond in order to get a job but some airlines bonds are just ridiculous. Without naming names, there is one company in the UK that bonds their pilots for £18,000 for an F-27 type rating - they must be joking ! I certainly would'nt sign up to something like that.
I just hope that airlines don't start asking pilots to pay for their own type rating's to get the job - that will be the next thing ! (It does'nt bear thinking about !)
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Pull back and the houses get smaller - pull back a bit more and the houses get bigger!