A lot of people like the freedom, importantly the reduced NI contributions (what's the basic state pension worth, anyway, against building up your own investments?), the ability to concurrently freelance for other companies, etc. SE also enables a lot of things to be offset against your income tax, like travel costs from your home to the site you happen to be currently working at - something that is absolutely prohibited in the PAYE case and which can be worth a great deal of money.
Dead Right. Thats why I have done it in the past, even though currently I work for a company as an employee (though internationally, so its not really like PAYE).
Well you know and I know that everybody knows whether they are SE or on PAYE.
Exactly.....
.........And in the case of this thread starter, both he and the aeroclub must have known what the deal was at the outset. In my simplistic view, knowing next to nothing about UK GA Instructors or the flight training business, one of the parties is telling porkie pies.
Regards, SD..