Sounds about right for a full-service Flight Safety training contract.

I don't like the idea of training contracts, but I have also seen the other side. People beg for a job, get trained or even typed, then bail for a "better" job. This gets expensive for 91 and 135 ops. It puts the screws to other pilots who are then forced with training contracts. Sometimes, things happen and you have to leave, but simply using somebody in the 135 and especially in the 91 world can really burn bridges. I would always try to give somebody 11 or 12 months if they send me to school.