What I heard is that they now are being watched closely by the LBA on adhering to flight & duty limitations. E.g. positioning by airline/rental/train/taxi now has to be taken into account calculating duty times...
Who is next to report that austrian big player to the authorities ? Company called like a failed former MicroSoft Operating System ?
EU OPS towards destination (US), then positioning back (EU) under private ops or vice versa... All with the same crew, shame on them...
Its 2017, and we should all demand to be treated fair ! I am fed up with all that bollox. Wild West in GA -> lets make it finally history together !
The LBA always regarded pilots that are paid for flying as being subject to FDTR. Even way before EASA / JAA
Any German pilot should know this.
EASA and the national CAAs should finally start to see the light and get towards lifelong typeratings and make payment for them mandatory for the OPERATORS and not the pilots. Thus even 'weaker' pilots could way better stand their ground.