training bond, help!

[RJ71]

Hello all,

I am at present into in a 2 year training bond for a Learjet with a dodgy private operator based in Moscow somehow getting away w running a charter operation w no AOC. All that aside they owe me over 9000 euro for missed salary and expences payment. Ive been with the company just over 5 months now. Its been a hell that i wish i never got involved with and at present ready to go back to flipping burgers at Macdonalds or my old turbo prop job, which ever comes first.
My question is if i "defect" during one of our central Europe trips can these guys come after me and cause problems for me in the future?
Fianally, for all those guys out there dying for theyre 1st jet job thinking they would do anything for it, believe me i was the same. Ive done some pretty jobs in the past in parts of Africa but the feeling i have here and the people i work with makes me want to just give it all up, take my chances and walk away. Would appreciate some info frm somebody that may know out there...

[Bad Robot]

If they owe you what you say they do, then it's a straight forward breach of contract and I would wager that any "Dodgy Bond" was probably unenforceable. Walk away, but get some legal advice too, as I guess they may be a lot more shady than you imagine, if they are pulling the stunts you say they are.

BR.

[unablereqnavperf]

be very careful they may collect in other nasty ways!

[kwachon]

I know a guy who walked off the job for a middle east company that had just typed him at their expense, he too was owed money but recovered it from the aircraft float before leaving, (not recommended) he now flies for another company still in the middle east but lives in abject fear of landing in the country of his former company, they have charged him with theft!, Not a good situation.

Is there not someone you could talk to regarding monies owed, what about the captain?, surely he could help you.

[avionneta]

the question is should you stay for 9000 euros. the problem is that you have no guarantee that staying longer will change anything but increasing their debt. on that type of situation one must be extremely firm from the beginning, but you're probably not in that position what they perfectly know. an operator who flies with no AOC is anyway a deliquent. he has no rules and you can't deal in any way with him with your honest rules.
I would say leave a soon as possible, evaluating the measures you need to take to protect yourself against any mafia behaviour they could have. don't worry about the bond. they probably paid with fake money.