apache,
WHEN REX start breaking their end of the contratc, does that mean that YOU have to take a moral high ground because you signed the samle document that REX did?
No it means you take it to the Rex PC and/or the AFAP. Trying to sort out collective problems with an 'army of one' mentality usually achieves very little for the group as a whole.
Socket,
bonding does nothing more than push that cost on to someone else
Have a bit more of a think about that. The company covers the cost of training in return for a commitment from the trainee that they will stay long enough to provide a return on the investment. If you stay to the end of your bond period (2 years at Rex) you can walk away without ever handing over a cent.
If enough people leave without honouring this agreement then the company will eventually decide that the only way to stop the financial drain in training is to charge people up front. i.e. jetstar, virgin, Q link. No matter how long you stay that money is gone forever. All you have done is bugger it up for those following you.
I cant imagine anyone suggesting a prospective RAAF pilot or police officer should pay a bond for their training.
You can’t be serious? As Horatio mentioned above, the ‘bond’ runs around 9 years depending on where you end up in the defence force and has been in place for a very long time. Makes the civilian equivalents look tame in comparison.