Flex Trng Contract?

[-FlyAuburn-]

Some may argue that the the type-rating is the mutually beneficial part to the pilot , but; when you are hired it is the companies responsibility for you to meet the requirements of both the FAA and the contract they sign with their owners. just my .02 cents.

I agree. Training is just a cost of doing business. There should be no training contracts, period. If companies are afraid of losing employees it's probably because they have lousy pay and benefits. For instance, I doubt many pilots bail on NetJets after the type rating. I'm sure there are a few knuckleheads but by and large I would imagine this almost never happens.

 

[rumrnr78]

I know 3 people who left inside a year and were not asked to repay the contract. The aforementioned lawsuit aside, the legal defense (if needed) can be found in the following:

equitable estoppel
A type of estoppel that bars a person from adopting a position in court that contradicts his or her past statements or actions when that contradictory stance would be unfair to another person who relied on the original position. For example, if a landlord agrees to allow a tenant to pay the rent ten days late for six months, it would be unfair to allow the landlord to bring a court action in the fourth month to evict the tenant for being a week late with the rent. The landlord would be estopped from asserting his right to evict the tenant for late payment of rent. Also known as estoppel in pais.

Cheers- Rum