The lid must have come off these arrangements when Brookfields sued a Dutch pilot over failure to give due notice to terminate his contract. The case was heard on 26/07/2013 at the Central London County Court by HHJ Hand QC.
The full case transcript can be accessed at:
http://13oldsquare.com/files/documen...proved_jdg.pdf
It is a complete and uncensored revelation of the whole affair.
Here is a little taster, the judge`s comment about one of the claimant`s witnesses, a Mr.Declan Dooney.
"I found Mr Dooney to be a voluble and frequently glib witness, who for the
most part was not telling me the truth save in two respects." Para no 85 of court transcript.
Those lucky enough to get the job also had an accountant thrown in the bargain.
Here is the relevant extract from para 2
"In
order to fly planes for Ryanair a pilot had to choose a firm of accountants from a list of
accountants nominated by the Claimant and had to use a service company provided by
the accountants, of which service company he or she would become a director and
shareholder and, at least for the purposes of tax treatment by the Irish Revenue, be
regarded as an employee of the AESP. That service company would then enter into the
Contract with the Claimant whereby the service company would provide the services of
the pilot to the Claimant, which would, in turn, provide those services to Ryanair"