Following the awareness successfully triggered at EC level (without the petition even breaking the 100k, European pilots were told DG MOVE (Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport) would “meet experts on this specific matter [p2f]“, which they did, on July 18th…
Last June 4th in Brussels was held “A Social agenda for transport”, a high-level Conference where John Horne laid bare aviation’s challenges once again, until… Today, we will confront facts yet again and see what this Michael Hickey is all…
In the ongoing war against (bogus) atypical employment in aviation, a battle was lost today in the Netherlands, June 2nd 2015, day #56 of the “Stop pay to fly“ campaign. Following a Dutch Parliament hearing (that occurred the same day…
Less than 3 short weeks after the EP event, still in accordance with our road map for the “grand scheme of things”, the right dominos continue to fall one after the other. The following is the latest, presented with no…
Date: Day #9 of the “Stop pay fo fly“ campaign, (May 7th, 2015), 1500-1700.Event: European Parliament (EP) meeting – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs – Current situation of employment and working conditions in the European civil aviation sector. –Exchange…
A few days ago, on Day #2 (april 30th) of the campaign to “Stop Pay To Fly“, just as we finished discussions at VNV‘s office that concluded with their open support the same day: …we learnt that the topic would…
Today April 28th 2015, all hands on deck, the European Cockpit Association officially launched the campaign to Stop “pay to fly”. Must read include: And now we leave it to anyone to wonder on the facts: is…
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…
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…
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…
