New job offer.... Contract contains recurrent training bond.
Hello. I have been looking to advance from my current company for a few months, and have been offered a new job. I have just seen my new contract, and would like some advice/opinions.
Aircraft: Multicrew jet. Midsize.
Company: Neither North-American or European.
Me: Few thousand hours total. Few hundred on type. (Already typed).
My main concern is that the company appears to want to bond me for my RECURRENT training. I am very familiar with the concept for initial training, but in this instance, the contract states a 12 month bond for recurrent training.
This would mean that unless I leave just before my recurrent (when I'm no use to anyone) I will have to find a sizeable cheque.
I have always viewed the cost of a recurrent simply as part of the 'price of doing business', so this has come as a bit of a shock.
Can anyone comment on other companies using a bond for recurrent training?
I can only add that the company concerned appears to be very professional, and with the exception of this one issue, I very much want to work for them.
Thanks. LPM.