[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-atypical-contracts-in-aviation-are-dangerous-may-18-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},9715,"eu-sources-atypical-contracts-in-aviation-are-dangerous-may-18-2015","EU sources -Atypical contracts in aviation are dangerous -May 18, 2015",null,"Pilots working as either freelancers or under zero-hour contracts with little or no sick leave, create an unsafe situation for the flying public.","","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-atypical-contracts-in-aviation-are-dangerous-may-18-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:17:32.140546+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F9715\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"World of Work","work",{"title":21,"slug":22},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":24,"slug":25},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Feu-sources-atypical-contracts-in-aviation-are-dangerous-may-18-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:22:58.646270+01:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp>A report by the Ghent University concludes that pilots working as either freelancers or under zero-hour contracts create an unsafe situation for the flying public. The report outlines that in many situations, pilots receive little or no sick leave, making many pilots reluctant to take necessary rest. It notes how young pilots are often forced to pay up front in order to fly enough hours to maintain their licenses. Pilots receive nothing if they do not fly, even in cases of schedule changes and cancellation. Under some of the used pilot contracts, a pilot is essentially in debt to his airline and is reimbursed per flight. Worst of all is the situation of pilots entering the labour market. Social legislation is not able to tackle these problems, leaving room for artificial subcontracting chains and social as well as fiscal ‘engineering’. This race to the bottom leads to a distortion of competition, erosion of workers’ rights and serious question marks in the field of safety and liability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurocockpit.be\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Freport_atypical_employment_in_aviation_15_0212_f.pdf\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurocockpit.be\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Freport_atypical_employment_in_aviation ... \u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nltimes.nl\u002F2015\u002F05\u002F18\u002Fmeps-freelance-zero-hour-airline-pilot-contracts-dangerous\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.nltimes.nl\u002F2015\u002F05\u002F18\u002Fmeps-freelance-zero-hour-airline-pilot-contracts-dangerous\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>   \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. 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You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]