I wonder if the good people from HMRC are reading this! They must be pissing themselves if they are with the easy pickings coming up!
"Tell me mr self employed ryr pilot why didn't you earn any money last month"
"Coz I was sitting around on unpaid standby somewhere in europe"
"why didn't you just come home and fly for someone else then, or do another job"
"Coz I can't, my contract says I can't"
"Aaaah, I see, now let me have a look, 4 years at 80 euros per hour times 700 hours a year, at Paye rates, including the employers national insurance of course, plus 4 years of late fines, plus interest....Thats quite a tidy sum you owe her majesty sir. Cheque by the end of the week will be fine, if not, you know where the local court is don't you sir"
Whilst I pity anyone in your boat, reap what you sew is an apt description, and surely anyone who went into the glorious cadet 'pay for everything' scheme must have seen this as a natural conclusion?