Originally Posted by
Less Hair
I understand that you don't get full flight pay when working on ground jobs only for some time but getting fired for not terminating your pregnancy is beyound brutal. There must be another way to treat people fair.
Contract pilots. Not employed, contracted. Employees might be re-tasked to another role. Contractors not likely. Unless to another contract ie cleaning. Its not "fired" as such.
Many contractors are on an as required basis, only called in for a specific task. So not like a regular job that one turns up to every day. And if one is "unavailable" for any reason, well the phone will probably go quiet.
Given the "pilot shortage" (cough) it is surprising there are any contract pilots at all. As operators surely would want to employ in order to keep hold of their crews, given the "pilot shortage" (cough).