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Old 18th Dec 2008, 16:06
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Wait, but there's more!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

There's a lot more to working as a Brookfielder than just issues about taxes and Ltd's and that weird full-month-off thing. Like for instance: as a Brookfield pilot, you are TREATED by Ryanair (which you DO NOT have a contract with, your contract is with BROOKFIELD) as a regular permanent employee in all matters of rostering and working conditions. You cannot go back to Brookfield and complain about anything except perhaps if they forget to pay you for something. So Ryanair is being very clever here, giving you all the disadvantages of being a contractor (no benefits of any kind, no paid leave, everything at your own expense, out-of-base flying assigned at last minute, etc), and the ony advantages of being a contractor are the benefits O'Leary hasn't yet found a way to screw you out of. Oh, and you have absolutely no one on your side if you ever find yourself in trouble of any kind at Ryanair. No one from Brookfield, no one from anywhere.
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