AHerrera wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:30 pm
And when people say, "just don't sign it", it's not that easy. It's not easy to find a new job, move with your family, your wife to find a new job, your kid to go to a new school. Especially when a pilot has already signed and completed a bond previously at the same company.
I have lost respect for the management and it's sad.
Am I to understand that refusal to sign a bond would result in your termination?
Aside from being highly unlikely... since now they’d have to attract, train, and hold onto an external hire of a possibly unknown quantity (vs yourself who’s familiar with company and operations and equipment and they are familiar with your work ethic and professionalism)... but quite likely illegal. This isn’t a term of employment like when you were first hired.
The diversity in bonding at your company is probably due to the pilot shortage and what candidates they can attract vs people they already have and have subjected themselves to their preferred conditions... and hoping that people don’t talk to each other about their remuneration or terms of employment. Negotiating skills are huge in a dynamic market like this one.
I’ve seen this at a few very reputable companies where new hires are treated like royalty while loyal staff are treated like dirt.
I’d politely tell them that I had already fulfilled my bond, that others are not bonded under the same condition, and that because of that you won’t be signing a bond.
The only two scenarios I can see coming from that are either they upgrade you with no bond, or they don’t upgrade you. I see the first scenario being more than likely because likely they likely desperately need captains.