turbulent times for sure. from what i have heard from someone on this "first" course is that the bond is 1 year and no financial figure is out. from the onset this was going to be a cluster f**k and we all knew that, they need capts on both fleets and from their perspective this is the most cost effective way. as far as command process we all know it is ancient methods devised by the all mighty. we DO have a lot of failures some legit and some who knows but the fact stand there IS NO command training prior to sim. if GF was actually wanting to build confidence in their FO corps to assist them in their command process they would actually do training not checking prior to you course. all said and done u either live with it or leave cause these guys are not gonna change it as "they al had to do it!" lol