highflyer40 for those people saying the contract is illegal... quite convenient to say that now after you signed it, got your rating, got your hours, it is illegal. grow up work your proper notice and pay your outstanding bond if any ( and £16000 sounds quite reasonable to me ). fine withholding pertinent info is disturbing but a downright !!!!ty reference is at least in order, because if I was hiring I sure as h### wouldn't want to hire you.
This absolutely amazes me - pilots actually defending a company that requires a pilot to pay for his own training. You are one step away from paying the company to allow you to work. Make no mistake; the above post makes HR managers squeal with glee.
The greatest defenders of this scam are those that have already payed for their job, and support pulling other pilots into the slime with them.
Read that email again and answer this question - Do you owe anything to a management that threatens to destroy your career, refuses to provide documentation that's required by law, and writes letters that could be attributed to a spiteful illiterate child ?