Thanks, Pilotpip. I have never seen this training contract or do I know the circumstances of how people signed one or did not sign one. Any advice I give is going to be so general as to be less than useful. If anyone has a specific question, please feel free to PM me. Or contact a lawyer of your own.

General contract law - there must be an offer, acceptance and consideration. There is no contract without these three elements. Once there is a contract, either side must abide by it or the side following all the terms may sue you. You then have defenses you can use to say why you did not follow through with your side of the bargain. It's a long, drawn out process. In first year law school, students spend an entire semester just on Contracts.

I don't mean to be coy, but I can give more meaningful advice if I know specifics. Besides, I've been told more than once that since I'm a lawyer, I don't belong in a pilot's forum, so I'm not too inclined to post "advice" here anymore.