Bonds

[davesok]

Some intelligent comments and some really stupid ones. I fly for a major Canadian airline that helps fill Air Canada's seats, guess which one. Through most of the 22 years I have been working here the place has been a revolving door for Air Canada and West jet. Guess what no Training bond. I wish we had one! It cost $50,000 to train the dweebs that come here and leave in the first 6 months. Guess what that ends up being money out of my pocket, hence the shitty contract we just got. If a pilot cant give his employer 2 years or is not willing to repay a portion of the training cost he or she should go and drive a truck or at least don't come on this site and complain about training bonds. It is, as someone said the reason there are training bonds, the dweebs!!!

[Brown Bear]

Some intelligent comments and some really stupid ones. I fly for a major Canadian airline that helps fill Air Canada's seats, guess which one. Through most of the 22 years I have been working here the place has been a revolving door for Air Canada and West jet. Guess what no Training bond. I wish we had one! It cost $50,000 to train the dweebs that come here and leave in the first 6 months. Guess what that ends up being money out of my pocket, hence the shitty contract we just got. If a pilot cant give his employer 2 years or is not willing to repay a portion of the training cost he or she should go and drive a truck or at least don't come on this site and complain about training bonds. It is, as someone said the reason there are training bonds, the dweebs!!!

Don't let me stop you from crying in your beer. BoooooHooooo! Name ONE other industry that INDENTURES their employees. I'll settle for ONE! Name one.
You have a "shitty" contract? You've been putting up with that for 22 years? And you refer to THEM as "dweebs? YOU, just may be the "dweeb" here.

[Brown Bear]

I'm pretty content with the way it works for me.

I signed a training agreement that says I have to stay a year. If I don't I have to pay them for a portion of the training cost, which decreases every month. My boss told me that despite the agreement, they generally only go after someone that leaves in under a year if that someone really screwed them over (they have the track record to back that statement up). The funny thing is, so many people stay here long term that they rarely have to worry about it happening, let alone chasing someone for money...wonder why that is...

The agreement basically pans down to work hard, don't screw us, we'll pay for everything and treat you well.

Sounded like a good deal to me.

This, even us anti-bond folks can work with. Good on you, Tim. And, if you did sign, I know that if Cathay calls tomorrow, you'l honour your agreement. It's the companies that require you to bring a cheque book to the interview we have to derail.