Your comments are hearsay, mine are based on oversight of contracts and my tax return. As I said, a more conventional employment/tax arrangement would be welcomed by all, but to say NO tax is being paid is absolute rubbish.
Ryanair made a point of ensuring that the contracts were tax compliant at the time they were issued, not for our benefit, but to insulate themselves from any future fallout.
The change of rules means that now practically every country whose airspace you enter wants you to pay full income tax there. Obviously there needs to be some international agreement to clarify the situation but until then the majority contractors are paying full tax in RoI under Irish contracts. To accuse 99% of the pilots of paying no tax anywhere is utter nonsense and clearly said by someone with an axe to grind or limited knowledge of the facts.