The training contract is $48k. It is reduced $2000/month from the completion of your type ride.

I bet that the number of FOs leaving World has a lot to do with little or no committment from management (until last week) about replacing the three MD-11 aircraft that are leaving at the end of the year. It is difficult to just sit around and wait for them to decide what they are doing to do when they have a track record of offering additional airframes and then changing their mind at the last minute (B767.)

I cannot deal with another furlough or more uncertainty. I have a family to support. In the end I will pay $8000 to get out of my contract. But with my new position and 27 more years to fly, I don't think I will need to dwell on that. I never came to World with the expectation of leaving at all. Things change and other opportunities present themselves.

World has been a great place to fly. Some of my best overnights in the last 12 years have been at World. I wish everyone there well.