OBVIOUSLY, pilots are working as independent contractors.
Originally Posted by
HEMS driver
Good for you. I am glad that you survived and moved on.
Did the "employer" provide you with: 1. Unemployment insurance 2. Worker's compensation insurance 3. Pay the employer's portion of the IRS taxes (including Medicare)??
If they didn't, they are violating U.S. law. IRS rulings have stated that this type of work is not as a contractor, but as an employee.