Defence department claims training costs from pilot
THE Department of Defence is taking a pilot to the Cape High Court for repayment of money it paid to have him trained.
The department says the pilot was supposed to work for the state for eight years but that he did not do this.
In court papers, the department says it agreed for Gareth Smith, now 30, to be trained by the South African Air Force as a pilot in March 1997 when he was 20.
The state would pay for the training and he would also receive full pay as a member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
However, the conditions of the agreement were that Smith had to serve the SANDF for eight years after he completed the course.
If he failed to comply, he would have to reimburse the state for the cost of his training, calculated at R945 per hour spent on the ground or in the air.
Smith left the SANDF in March last year – 12 months before his eight-year period had expired.
The Department of Defence is claiming the R24 000 it cost to train him as well as R397 000 he received in benefits, as well as interest on the amounts.
The application is to be heard in the Cape High Court on April 19.
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30 Mars 2007 à 14:23 dans
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