Originally Posted by
VeeeOne
I believe the pay is also substandard until you've finished line training compared to many other airlines. Rumour was you're paid only for the hours you fly, no basic salary... so if you're only flying 1-2x a week, good luck living on that money if you're based in LDN
. (T&Cs might've changed since I was told this)
That used to be true, in the UK at least, and was called "flexicrew". Paid only for actual block hours flown on a contracted rate, nothing else. Thankfully this dreadful contract was stopped several years ago and now no pilots are employed on zero hours contracts.