Originally Posted by
tervalentaja
How about setting up a sole trader company in the EU country of your residence and work as self employed? Say you live in Germany with a residence permit with no restrictions and you provide services (piloting) to say Ryanair through your company in the form of self employment.
Will that not be the “unrestricted right to work and live in the EU” requirement?
German law has strict rules regarding self-employment (as do probably all EU states). You would be the employer and the only employee in a field that is highly regulated. As an employee of your self-employment (since being a pilot is not a freelance occupation in Germany), you would still not have the right to do the work yourself within the EU. But you as an employer could hire someone with that right.