Recently I took a new position onboard a yacht and was completely mislead in the interview.

I was interviewed over the phone and flown to the yacht to start

in the interview I was lead to believe that it was a long term position on board a busy charter yacht with a great itinerary, good benefits and all the rest,

I arrived at the yacht and found it too be in horrible condition with no charters booked for the summer, and later it turned out that it was a short term position more suited to a green deckhand not an experienced deckhand, the yacht had lied to get the experience onboard without the added cost or commitment.

Obviously I wasn’t happy and found something else to go to. But I was made to pay for my own flight back home because I quit before the 3 month trial had finished even though I gave them 3 times as much notice as required contractually.

My questions are;

1- is this a common occurrence or am I just unlucky with this one?
2- What are the laws concerning repatriation onboard British flagged vessels?

thanks

Mr x