Originally Posted by JohnBurke

Now you're back to "logic."



How about pilots who take the training, get a few hours, and run to the next best position in their curtain climb to that shiny jet?



Perhaps that's why you had a contract in your 402...because you couldn't be depended upon, or those before you?



I work a seasonal assignment for an operator who retains people not by contract, but by handshake, and with the incentive of a post season bonus. That ought to be enough, but this year I saw a young man bail TWO DAYS before the end of his duties. Two days!



No type rating. No resume-enhancing training received. I know, however, that the operator spends typically in the order of 20,000 dollars minimum in preseason training in the aircraft, plus a series of additional schools. Further, to fill in for that individual who couldn't handle waiting two more days, the company had to pull another individual and fly him in, modify government agreements, and put him in place...for two days...at considerable expense.



Contracts do protect type ratings, but they also protect the investment made by employers. Again, if you don't feel you should be held to the contract, DON'T SIGN IT!



You signed a contract. You're postulating that "most" employers are bad employers again, backpeddling somewhat on with width of the net you're casting, and you're not attempting to back it up with fact, but with "logic." I suppose when you haven't a leg to stand on, you'll keep backpeddling until you think you can hold a corner of the room.



It's very simple: don't enter into a contract if you're not willing to abide it.



If you want legal counsel, pay for it.