A quick
google reveals:
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
Meaning of employment and contract work at establishment in Great Britain
10.—(1) For the purposes of this Part (“the relevant purposes”), employment is to be regarded as being at an establishment in Great Britain if the employee—
(a) does his work wholly or partly in Great Britain; or ..........
(3) The reference to “employment” in paragraph (1) includes—
(a) employment on board a ship only if the ship is registered at a port of registry in Great Britain, and
(b) employment on an aircraft or hovercraft only if the aircraft or hovercraft is registered in the United Kingdom and operated by a person who has his principal place of business, or is ordinarily resident, in Great Britain.
I do not think the AOA is arguing that the law does not apply: it certainly does and that is why the company has had to move on shore and pay tax. Thing is, when you apply the law, you find that pilots flying non UK A/C are excluded.
Milly