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Old 09-03-2008, 04:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bullmechum View Post
Training contracts are B.S., just another way of subverting the free market system when it comes to employing pilots. If you think about it what’s a company saying?
Our pay is so low, our working conditions are so poor, our future is so bleak that you probably won’t want to stay even a year! So, we will have to give you an incentive to stay by taking 40% of your annual pay if you leave. Great!
Unless it’s conditional for your continued employment I wouldn’t sign.
I'm not a fan of contracts either. But when the average training event cost between 10,000 to 80,000 I can understand why. Pilots need to understand and respect this investment. Companies need to realize the pilot as a valuable asset and pay fair wages. In the end it's your decision, just be careful some things can come back and bite.
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