TAF Oscar I am glad to hear that schools in Bahrain do not ask for deposits as they do in Singapore.
Singapore and SIA are one big Rip Off. Not only do you have to pay for accommodation and medicals when you come for an interview but when you join you have to pay deposits for schools, 2 to 3 months deposit on rental accommodation,pay for your own 6 monthly medicals and licence,all at a time when during the long drawn out training on a very low salary and now with a Bonus just a distant memory,pay cuts , and a very nasty atmosphere now evident for all to see anyone considering SIA in the future when they eventually start recruiting again should think long and hard!!
Also the Bond carries a hefty $2000 charge from the Banks merely for promising to hand over your money to SIA if you leave early!!