Pay2fly schemes have been recognized as having an adverse affect on aviation safety in an EU Commission funded, 310-page report on Atypical Employment in Aviation (large file) – Link:
https://www.eurocockpit.be/sites/def..._15_0212_f.pdf
Currently no British airline offers P2F contracts
Incorrect. Unless you hold the applicable type rating you will not fly for Norwegian unless you hand over 30-40K. No pay, no fly, i.e. a pay2fly scheme - and who benefits from the interest on the 1.2 million Euros being held from such payments to fly for Norwegian?
The airlines are businesses and businesses tend to lack ethics, they're very short sighted when it comes to "the right thing to do" and instead get distracted by money
Correct. This is why the Air Transport Agreement (Open Skies) was negotiated to include a ‘social clause’ - Article 17, which states labor rights and labor principles shall not be undermined by the participants. A petition on these grounds is has been filed in the Washington DC Court of Appeals against the DOT and its egregious decision to award Norwegian a Foreign Air Carrier permit.