One strange case ...pilot signs a “Training Bond” and at the end of the story is laid off in less than six months due to a downturn in the marketplace with no date of rehire. AKA the award of the “Golden Doorknob”.
A couple of days later the company concerned sent him a bill for his training!
He fought it and won.
IMO if you sign a training agreement for 3 years the company should agree to employ you for 3 years.
If they can’t employ you for the duration of the “Training Bond” then the agreement should become null and void.
Another strange thing was that they tried to bill him at the full charter rate for the aircraft not at non-rev operating rates.
He was a high time pilot with lots of 205 time and just did a 5 hour conversion onto a 212...1 day of ground school and 5 hours in the aircraft plus a 45 minute checkride.
Last edited by albatross; 16th March 2019 at 18:35.