advice on BOND
 

Can anybody give me any advice on whether or not it is legal to bond someone if you are forced to go on to another type because the type of aircraft I am flying is phased out?

Bond
 

Can't answer your question specifically but as it happens, I experienced a bonding problem last year. The situation threatened to turn into a very expensive one (full amount in spite of the contract), so I decided to contact BALPA.
Cost me nothing and the legal service department handled the matter without further involvment from my misinformed and ignorant self.
Our action proved successful, my advice is now, not to hesitate to ask them directly. Don't do what I did, don't wait to get an informed answer from the people who really know. I thought I would be able to reason with my employer (always considered him as a fair boss) but if I had acted as soon as I should have, I would not have found myself unemployed and my career, would have been,by now, a very well secured one. :rolleyes:

2B etc. You should read your contract very carefully and see what it says about bonds and new types and the company's right to move you from fleet to fleet etc.

What is your alternative, unemployment?

There are bonds and bonds, some don't require any financial input from you, just that you don't leave within a certain period after the course is complete, (say three years for example).
Some bonds require you to put money into an account each month and you get it back provided you stay the required period,
either way, provided you don't leave prematurely, it doesn't cost you anything.

Also, take heed of what happend to AMEX when he went the legal route.

Best of luck.

Thanks for the info AMEX. I thought you had to be a balpa member to get advice from them?
Yes BlueEagle, I have read my contract, more than once. But the situation is not that easy, the company has made quite a few polecy changes recently. But more inportantly what is said in the contract does not necessarily have to be legal !!! But thanks for your help anyway.