Atypical Employment in Aviation. Final report

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Publication Date 2015
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A report published by Ghent University - and financed by the European Commission - found that airlines were increasingly using zero-hour contracts, pay-to-fly schemes, and temporary employment agencies based outside the European Union to hire pilots and cut costs, practices which undermine passenger safety and social standards.
Source Link https://www.eurocockpit.be/sites/default/files/report_atypical_employment_in_aviation_15_0212_f.pdf?utm_source=Press+and+Media&utm_campaign=5391be63a5-AtypicalEMPLPR&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_52284f8fb1-5391be63a5-92673389
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EurActiv, 18.02.15: Zero-hour pilot contracts threaten air safety, says study http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/zero-hour-pilot-contracts-threaten-air-safety-says-study-312181
ESO: Background information: The Commission welcomes the European Parliament's support for new stricter rules on aircrew fatigue http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-the-commission-welcomes-the-european-parliaments-support-for-new-stricter-rules-on-aircrew-fatigue/
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