20/04/2017 Part-145 employment status
The UK CAA has published an Information Notice, IN-2017/015 relating to Zero-hour contracts and the employment status of the affected staff when relating this to EASA Part-145 regulation 145.A.30(d).
The CAA states that the use of zero hour contracts in the UK has grown substantially over the last few years. The Authority see it as a useful employment method by Part-145 organisations to fill shortfalls in manning levels and thus reduce the need for full-time employees. However, they continue to say that the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) material for Part-145 does not consider the status of workers engaged on zero hours contracts. AMC to 145.A.30 (d) explains the need for an organisation to directly employ at least half of its staff to ensure organisational stability. It uses the terms employed and contracted to distinguish between staff directly employed by the organisation and staff who are engaged through other means, possibly on a temporary basis.
This notice provides guidance on the status of zero hours contracts and is intended to enable Part-145 organisations to establish the employment status of staff engaged on a zero hours contract. The staff members’ employment status is then used to determine if they are employed or contracted for Part-145.A30 (d) manpower planning purposes.
We recommend all UK based Part-145 approved organisations to review their staff employment status in line with the information supplied by the UK CAA.
Provided you do not exceed the maximum hours and comply with FTL legislation you can work for as many companies as you wish. An OCC course is required when undertaking work and also the companies recurrent training. In practical terms, working for more than one operator would mean spending half your life in the sim or ground training!