Clearly none of you guys are contract pilots nor have you ever engaged in expat contract work. Should you bother to peruse these forums, you would see that more often than not, certain areas of the world tend to violate pilot contracts on a regular basis. So the question offered in the original post with regards to breaking a bond or contract is reasonable and justified. Maybe the mx sucks, or there is no perf data, or the dispatchers are idiots and can't get you the proper info to safely conduct the flight yet management is pressuring you into going. All of these are justfiable reasons to jump ship and things that any contract guy can expect. Sometimes this is our only recourse as the lack of aviation knowledge and arrogance at some companies is so detrimental to safety that a rapid exodus is the only option. So a guy heading to Asia and wondering about jumping ship at a possible amateur operation is unreasonable??? Me thinks not, he's being responsible and has experience and foresight. If you haven't done contract work, don't puff your chest up in self righteous wisdom about what is morally responsible. What this guy is diving into is an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ballgame than a western 121 operation. I think we have alot of wannabes on this forum....