Let's just say, there was an A320 Captain, directly employed by AD on a salary of USD4,000 per month.
Once he realised that AD were taking the p1ss he tendered his resignation. At that point, somewhat conveniently, AD mislaid his passport and it took them some weeks to relocate it, of course all this time he had to continue flying for them.
That's direct employment, or indeed any employment, with AD for you!