Bonding can be a fair practise
With certain small/medium twin type ratings, nowadays costing in the region of R60K and even more, it makes business sense to apply a training bond. Imagine if a pilot just completes his/her training, just to take another offer soon afterwards? The company's investment and expectations (return on investment) is for naught, and as such constitutes a straight loss. Not many companies can afford such charity. In my book fairness is simple: a bond can apply for a new type rating, but should never apply for line/recurrent training.
Of course, the terms of fairness in the actual bond itself can be a minefield...
