Originally Posted by Tartan Army

This is correct, it is part of the ALPA agreement (Section 25-4.J.2. to be exact).

You are responsible for paying back the debt, regardless of who is at fault for the termination of employment and the lack of future paychecks. The only way around this would have been to pay in full for your uniforms at the time of purchase, rather than deferring the payments over pay periods and having them deducted.

Think of it this way... you basically got a no interest loan from the company for roughly two years and could have used that money that you saved up-front to invest and grow. Not many places that give you roughly two-years no interest loans nowadays.