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A couple of points to ponder
1) the type rating training contract is a promissary note. It is a one year prorated contract. That should suffice. A pilot leaves after 9 months and he owes what is left. A confession of judgement in unnecessary.
2) my understanding is that maybe those guys didn't fly the line because they washed out of training. That is why Cirrus started doing more pre hire sim evals.
3) if those guys didnt wash out and left the company, the company/owner would recoup the cost of training via the confession of judgement.
4) herein lies the rub. The guys that get screwed are the line guys on the 60 and 45 etc waiting for relief. Now they can't get days off because the pilots who were supposed to come on line didn't pass training. So now the promised 10 days off for those guys is down to 3 or 4 and they are stuck because of the confession of judgement they signed. So now these line guys are waiting for relief its not coming and when their one year is up they are out. And then the company needs to hire a replacement so the cycle continues.
5) you seem like the decent sort of guy the company needs.

Sorry for typos typing from phone.
Merry Christmas to all
Cheers