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Break the law, get paid well; stay withing the law, get paid pitance...
Or would I just be a wimp for not wanting to take a gamble with tax dodging???
Not a wimp in my book FlyingSand. As sikeano mentioned if you get sick or retire you are persona non grata. You have no National Insurance records. Frankly why should us tax paying citizens pay for some high earning free loaders. The average wage in the uk £20k. So pilots earning £70, £80k are not going to get much simpathy. There was a guy a couple of years ago caught for tax evasion (German IT consultant). They estimated his back tax, nat ins etc over the last 5 years to be £200k. This plus a fine and costs of £10k plus 30 days at her majesty's pleasure was all enforced even though he had returned to his home country.