Gentlemen, the main Trade Union in Spain S.E.P.L.A (Sindicato Español de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas)...
Javier Martinez de Velasco, President of SEPLA, questions that to get a job, the employee must pay for their education. And much more if there is no guarantee the job for which they are aspiring. "No doubt this is an irregular system of revenue for the airline. Recruitment has zero cost, and above you get a benefit of pilot training."
Low wages affect the pilot twice over cadet. On the one hand, the worker can not recover the amount paid for the type rating. Moreover, "with such low wages pilot living is unstable conditions, which will be not be in good flying conditions. Not that ensure flight safety, but simply the level of low security. On the other hand do not forget that it is wrong to pay a professional whose hands many lives depend. "
Other companies have taken advantage of the current situation, charging for jobs that require training, such as SWIFT or Ryanair. The Irish company offers training in a parallel company in which you must pay to obtain the type rating. After the pilot enters a job and Ryanair offers part-time job. "A month and another month contract you do not ... if you load too much fuel or you've been on sick leave program may not have next month."
"The lack of job stability and income security concerns"
Now an important part of Ryanair pilots are "sole proprietors" based in Ireland. It so happens that if you get ill and do not you go to flight hypothetically could report you for breach of contract ... All this affects the security, no doubt, since lack job stability, lack stable income and because the work the pilot is under other than safety parameters, such as industrial or economic aspect