Your wrong its a great Airline and there are no bad deals. A good pal of mine has been with them via Contractair for over a year now. Plus they were the only ones with decency to reassure their crews during the Greek crisis. ( which of course isn't over). I think that if anyone calls them 3rd or 4th rate then that is a personal choice. Probably failed their professional training by all accounts. Yes he pays into the Swiss pension fund? Whats wrong with paying into a pension . We all get old sometime.