Kim jong Il
All Norwegian short haul pilots are employed by OSM which in turn is part owned by Norwegian air resources, the pilots are not on fixed term contracts, but are permanently employed by OSM. So they are not by definition contractors denied employment, having said that most would prefer the comfort blanket of being employed by Norwegian directly, I suspect that sooner or later a country or union will bring a case to show that the true employer is Norwegian because in reality OSM provide HR services and not much else, even payroll is outsourced which is no bad thing.