Crew Leasing Agencies
 

Can someone shed some light on how the crew leasing agencies make their money? Thanks.

Airline pays X x 1000 €/$


You get X - 1000€/$ (or thereabouts) with a decent agency.

Not rocket science.

Saves the HR Dept some hassle, absolves the airline of some responsibility/work, may get you a job with someone else (if you agree) that's it.

Short term solution to operators and crews
 

In general, a leasing agency provides a short term solution to operators.

Should a start up require crews, then they are available via the agency.

Sickness, and holiday relief cover also.

There are down sides to all concerned, sometimes the leasing company have no ide of the operators specfic training and operational needs, and clash.

The big down side for the crew is that they are only of use when current, should validity expire then the crew are mostly no further use.

This is evolving currently in the corporate world, many corporate crews reach a renewal, and can not afford to spend 25k US on a 61.58.

So where will these filler crews come from.

Airlines are starting to recover, needing their laid off crews back soon, a lot of these guys are contracting, while still current.

Crewing agencies have a place, but not as full time crew solutions.

I know certain agencies have good reputations, but the majority are not putting back into avaition what they have taken out in the past. It is time to look at the entire freelance crew situation, and ensure that it is a stable source of crews, that are current, trained and competent.

In the UAE the GCAA does not allow contract pilots to operate under AOC operators.

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"In the UAE the GCAA does not allow contract pilots to operate under AOC operators."

Not true. Nearly all the airlines have had contract pilots flying in the GCC (under GCAA licenses) at some time. From Jazerra in Kuwait to G9 in Dubai, they all have hired not only from the standard Parc etc boys but also from airlines directly (Tunisair, MEA etc).

Usually they ether receive a one off finders fee from the airline or more commonly they will take a monthly payment behind the scenes (which actually comes out of your salary), that is why you will sometimes see a slight difference in pay between the different agencies for the same airline contract.