Prophead. The taxman already knows about the pikey arrangement re zero hour sub contracting, the sooner each pilot is made a proper employee the better for all. Trust me.
Get some proper representation everybody and go one country at a time and get this sorted. Stick together and don't be afraid, you are needed and the public are fickle, once bookings start to turn downward the floodgates will open fairly rapidly. A lot of people will be finalising their Christmas and mid term 18' plans...