A cut above
Of all the businesses that “offer” to pay to work (aka debt servitude or leverage to threaten pilots), there is one that remains a cut above the rest: Eagle Jet: “pay a measy 87,500€ and you will fly 1000 hours…
Safety, begone!
Quoting Dominique Fouda, EASA‘s Head of Communication & Quality Department in summer 2014: “The fact that airlines make their personnel pay does not intervene in aviation safety regulation, as long as pilots are technically qualified” _source Today we will debunk…
P2F: canadian radio 98,5 fm
Published this April 1st, 2015, following the contact we had with another COMETEC member and their report on “pay to fly” (that preceded early january this year), COMETEC member Patrick Magisson (also Vice-Chairman of the FTL WG) was invited to…
IFALPA in the fight
In the recently published issue n°2, 2015 of “InterPilot“, The Safety and Technical Journal of none other than IFALPA (our International Federation of Air Line Pilot’s Associations), must-read elements were showcased! Aviation related issues were brought “to the top” thanks…
Pilots under pressure: retaliation exposed
The document below is the indeniable evidence why pilots might in some case not report biased practices in the aviation sector. More specifically here, pilots that pay to work. full screen As was known to us since august 2014 and…
Pay to fly: the definition
Started September 24th 2014, and after a rejection for Christmas, following 6 months of work: Pay to fly officially “exists” I’m not going to succeed making those words sound as important as they are (at least to me), but seeing…
NAS: pilots paid to work to break a strike
According to mainstream media, there is a consensus where strikes in general are a liability for corporations in various sectors. Having suffered a major blow however, the era where aviation unions had bargaining power is officially gone. From this day…
‘Return on investment’ thinking in aviation
Guest post by WERKLOZE VLIEGERS These times are characterized by so-called “return in investment” thinking. On all fronts, the focus is on profits and shareholder value. This not only applies to companies, but also to healthcare and education. We are…
Paying to work is fine
It is! Baltic Aviation Academy (BAA), in the lucidity of its great wisdom, blessed us today with the ultimate knowledge. Imagine for a second you’re a professional pilot and your airline provides you with a horrendous bond program, this means…
The last hour in the sun
This is what it’s like to become a pilot today. “The last hour in the sun is a graduation documentary made by Suzanne Jansen in 2014.In The last hour in the sun, director Suzanne Jansen portrays her brother Emile –…
Job insecurity: SNPL press release
As we were there to defend young pilots’ interests during the ECA conference on “atypical employment forms” (this 12-13 of february), before covering it ourself, here is the SNPL take on the conference. Goal, purpose, findings… the following is their…
Abusive copyright claim?
This one is for the record. Received today 4th of february, a no_reply@youtube.com copyright infringement notice dropped in our mailbox, where a NY based entity named “Believe Entertainment” claimed ownership of some of the material included in the French National…