I agree, but employers also have a duty of care to their employees. This is enshrined in legislation throughout Europe.
contractors are
not employees. ergo those who opt for the programs being offered as contractors are well aware that they are not being offered a job as an employee, they are being offered a contract, as contractor, that affords them no rights as employees, as they are not employees, no benefits as employees, ne recourse as employees, as they are not, and their contract may be terminated or adjusted at any time.
for those going on these schemes, what they are being offered is what it says on the tin and taking it only empowers the further degredation of T&C's across the industry as one airline does it, the others will invariably have to follow to suit in order to reduce their cost base to compete to retain market share with a carrier that has little, if any, obligations toward those who fly their aircraft.
Those who borrow money to spunk up against the wall of an FTO on the promise of a career on the flight deck are not employees of the FTO either.