To make things very very crystal clear; the only 2 times you shall pay to operate any aircraft is during initial training (up to CPL/fATPL and the FI course) and if you want to fly GA for recreational purposes. All other instances where you pay money to sit in an aircraft you had better be on the passenger side of the cockpit door.
Sneering at 2 and 3 then. It doesn`t even have to be a jet TR, as there are many companies operating both TP and piston who want you to pay. Doesn`t matter at all
It looks like there is a bit of goo old fashioned uprising about to happen in the near future. Not a day too soon.
Hopefully the larger, international unions will hear us calling and go into talks about changing, or amending, legislations.