The command training bond should not be a bribe for an upgrade. It should be viewed by both sides as almost an initial conversion only much harder in the sim. It should also be a pass'fail situation with a fail being for a specified period of time or training before a retake. Or the fail could be permanent. It is a weighty and very serious exercise delving into mind and pyschology as well as skill and knowledge. Properly constructed it reflects well upon a good training department. Whether Airlink has such a department is a question which events and Pprune scribblings have thrown in to some considerable doubt in certain quarters.