LZ
Allow me to be as objective as possible. Almost everything you read here is factual, its you who doesn't seem to want to accept it as truth. There was a time 10 years ago that one would aspire to come here and would rightfully feel fortunate for having been selected however that was then...and this is now, and the two are simply not the same anymore. I think you are hanging your hopes on very outdated intel.
What is written here are the observations, frustrations and experiences of people who have been here for long enough to learn the realities. They share these experiences with people like you perhaps who are on fact finding missions about how things are here. Its the hope of those who post here to enlighten the world of what we have lived in our time here.
If you choose to dismiss or reject this info then by all means come and try it out...and go where so many before you have.
As for the bond, here are the facts:
It was raised from 36,000 and 3 years to 45,000 and 5 years to stop the exodus of junior pilots. Those who signed the bond and left within one year generally lost only very little because their provident fund was effectively worthless. The new bond is designed to deter those who want to bolt from 2-5 years seniority as their pension funds would have appreciable value and the company would claw all of it back, including your contribution.