Norwegian is not involved with the bond
Of course Norwegian is involved with the bond. Who do you think directs Rishworth’s broom cupboard London office and Oslo based Orient Ship Management to implement and enforce it?
To my knowledge, no other participant in the Open Skies Agreement requires its pilots provide a 30k bond for training. Many unanswered questions remain regarding what is effectively a pay-to-fly scheme (no pay=no job);
Who collects the interest from all the 30K payments?
If Norwegian terminates their contract with your employer agency for your individual services, are you still obligated to pay the bond?
A study by the EU Commission concluded:-
"The ‘dependency’ created by conditional and precarious employment arrangements could place an employer’s commercial imperatives in conflict with the pilot’s legal duty to take independent professional safety judgments before other considerations”
https://www.eurocockpit.be/sites/default/files/atypical_employment_two_pager_nt_15_0325_f.pdf
Additionally, how many pilots are being interviewed for a possible Cork, Ireland, 787 base with Irish employment contracts, or will pilots be bouncing all over the system as they are now?