Of course you could budget for it, if you self-employed, you should get paid more than the normal employee, just for that reason, to budget for various costs.
It is supposed to be a tax benefit for RyR, as they save lots of money on various contributions they need to pay for an employee, however with ALL these Lo Co companies, the pay is the same as if you are employed, so that takes away any advantage to be self-employed.
Secondly a pilot can not choose to work for one company one month, and next another company, that is one of the basic criteria s to be self-employed. You are trained with one companies SOP's and are obliged by contract to only work for them!
Anyway, have a look at the Dutch tv program, 2 parts was made!
There is a bully culture in these companies, to either do what you are told, or leave! There is no 2 way communication, it is Der Fuhrer way or No Way!
I thought we ended that in 1945, it seems not!
