Rehashing old ground of course but, given that these contracts fail every critical test of self employment that there is (unable to name your own working hours, work for another airline etc), why is this NOT an open and shut case and why is it still going on??
Ryanair and Norwegian pilots (and Wizz pilots for that matter but that's going on outside of the U.K.) are all employees, none of them are self employed in reality. These companies are illegally evading social insurance payments for employees. It's about time this was finally cracked down upon but I'm not holding my breath.