An adjacent question: suppose a pilot changes base from country A to country B (B not being Ireland)… He/she would loose the grandfather’s rights as per the document HM Revenue & Customs: National Insurance: New EU rules for flight and cabin crew working in two or more Member States. He/she would have to pay social security contributions in country B now (maybe 10% salary loss over what was being paid in Ireland). But country B might as well be requiring employer’s contributions on top of that. Since the employer is the pilot himself (through the “his” company set up), country B might ask for another contribution on the employer’s side (the pilot). Another 20% maybe? A nightmare scenario…
The choice being eventually either to NEVER move from the sh.thole place Ryanair sent you in the first place or loose up to 30% of your salary. Thank you MOL!