To be fair, if the employer forks out and then the new Cpt does a bunk to another airline then its a bit unfair on the company, especially if its an early Command.
Its not unknown for a small company to upgrade someone, only for them to hoof off to "big airlines" but in the right seat of course. The "Command" bit was just another notch on the CV.
My bond was 12k diminishing over 1 year. That was a realistic reflection of the training cost (sims, trainers etc), and also was slightly less than the LHS pay rise.
32k euro does sound excessive. Hope you like the outfit!