Well the operator sees it as line training, in his eyes you pay for training.... You are not employed by the company so therefor it is not called work.
So they don't break any law by this. It's as simple as that.
Yeah the situation sucks, but it is legal....
Let's take Windjet for an example, You pay 60k for T/R then get a 1 year contract with a low salary, then most likely your contract will not be renewed after 1 year and abt 600h on A320.
They can ask any price they want for the T/R if people are willing to pay.... They actually have a long que waiting for this deal, It wouldn't be surprising if they start asking 80k for the T/R soon... they are not breaking any law by this. It's just simple economics... it's all about supply and demand like anything else in this world. If Windjet was my company I would probably ask for 100k and there will still be more than enough willing to pay.... LOL
