But, some pilots are their own worst enemy. Having companies in Malta, Dubai or Guernsey while staying under radar in Europe without a permanent address then you deserve to be shot down. Paying hardly any tax on a Brookfield pay rate can't be said is a lousy pilot salary.
The point is, 172 Driver, that these aren't the people that HMRC will go after. Their prosecution record on any "difficult" cases of offshore tax evasion is woeful. It's something like 11 cases in about the last 10 years.
The people they will go after, as someone said above, are the ones trying to do the right thing by having an accountant, registering things properly and paying the right tax. The real villains are the companies that enforce these ludicrous arrangements, but it's the little guy that pays when it goes tits up.