the bond is only for new joiners..doesnt involve fleet transfer or command upgrade..pay 50% of the bond over 18 months salary deduction and will be returned back to the new joiners once 36 months is over.
this is introduced to avoid new joiners with no rating making use of QR to get the rating and resigning when they have 1000 hours on type...many did that...as a company its a lost investment...this new method is good to my knowledge...however better method of including this with a pilot provident fund would be good in retaining pilots...
its a good start and hopefully many more new and good thing would come to QR....ps...the salary deduction of staff travel is fantastic...now i can buy and pay anytime of the day.....