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.
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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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