Non Payment to Contract Crews
There have been several threads citing non payment of contract personnel, and I have had various emails and PMs from cabin and cockpit crews which seem to indicate that this problem is becoming more widespread.
I'm not talking about late or contested payments, but rather total intent NOT to pay after the contract has finished. Obviously no-one condones this dishonesty, but without alarming the lawyers, how are we going to be able to warn fellow crews about companies/operators who persistently fail to pay up?
This post is not intended to open a directory of sinners, but to discuss HOW to deal with the problem. For example,if one knew that a particular company had a history of failing to pay, then it would be easy to avoid the same non-payment by demanding the fee be paid in advance.