The huge expansion boom-years are over.....the market for seats is saturated,as is the flight-crew situation.
Airlines now focus on their primary raison d' etre which is carrying pax....NOT training pilots!
They've a choice,
tie up considerable resources, admin and capital to train tyros.
then begin the arduous process of recouping it via bonding at a lower wage,
OR take on a ready-qualified pilot,able to work from theget-go and well aware how much the training actually cost.
Now, work out the cost of training and type-rating and how long you expect to take, to repay that capital and interest.....compare the differential in pay, to a bonded , t/ rated Capt. and a "ready-made" one. I'm pretty confident that if the bonded person walks as soon as the bond expires, THE EMPLOYER WILL LOSE MONEY.(Well, OK, they'll see a very poor rate of return on their investment in that employee)
The sad fact is, Pilots resent the bonding and clawback......but they also resent having to paddle their own canoe and present to a potential employer fully qualified.
You can't have it both ways, people. Instead of moaning how much your employer is ripping you off, buy shares in the company....you'll then be into a share of the profits you help create. no risk, no reward! you don't get the penny AND the toffee!