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I was contracted to Rishworth a few years back and found them very helpful, I would still be with them had things beyond the control of myself & Rishworth not forced an end to the contract.

It may help you to know that the other company acting on this contract was Parc, all the pilots contracted to Parc wished they had used Rishworth due to the problems they had with Parc.

A lot of pilots expect far too much from a contract agency and voice their dissatisfaction on these pages.

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as for the taxation policy in the UK with this contract, has anyone actually got any figures of how their tax has been? Has it been better than expected or worse?

And with the new £10,600 "tax free" allowance, will this not make its easier, plus if you wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, partner (whatever) doesn't work you are entitled to their £10,600 allowance to, this adds up to £21,000 "tax free" on your salary- obviously you have to got though the tax man for this but it is allowed.

Helps when my wife's a trained accountant!

I don't know where your wife trained as an accountant but in the Uk, your spouses tax free allowance is not transferrable to you

As of this new tax year you can share your tax free allowance with your partners- I'm not 100% how it works but she was told by an ex-colleague that this is now possible. Especially those that are on low income, I'd guess you'd have to speak to an official tax advisor to get the "actual" ruling on This.

You are partly correct. As of this year one earner in a low income family can transfer up to £1060 of their unused allowance (tax saving £212) to their spouse provided that the spouse is not a high rate tax payer - so that rules most pilots out of that juicy £212.

I must add that I'm not a tax advisor but all this stuff is on the internet.

That would make sense- when she told me I thought it sounded to good to be true, and with uk tax it normally is! Well the extra £212 will go towards my bar bill each month!

Either way I've applied for DEC is there anyone else who has applied lately, wat was the timeframe of them getting back to you?

Interesting we are now discussing tax rates for low earners in the NLH thread ! sums it up really.

Im pretty sure bonds will be paid up front before a type rating course commences. Otherwise a trainee could complete 95% then bail out and do the remaining simulator stuff himself. Not sure the point of this as its just a paper endorsement without flight time.

Ultimatly, Norwegian require a financial leverage allowing them to retain potential disgruntled pilots who may find its not quite the ball they were hoping for .

Clearly, they don't want people to up and leg it after the investment in training.
A lot of people have used a ' bank guarantee letter ' I believe, but in the UK, it's an unknown idea - or it was when I spoke to HSBC

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Why not treat people in a civilized manner instead, so they don´t WANT to leave... It´s just a thought, or more of a dream maybe.

Griffin

That is so last year.

Well, I don't think any airline doesn't bond except BA. And an acquaintance of mine left there after a year, thus proving the reason why airlines do bond ...

Plenty of airlines bond with a contract clause. Not many ask for cash to be seen upfront.

Fade to grey

Bond?? This isn't a bond at NLH. A bond if only. That was also so last year.

a promissory note was also accepted by the contracting agency instead of "sending cash" upfront :ok:

So last year indeed.

Rather like Norwegian’s US DOT, Foreign Air Carrier, Permit application, or was it the year before, it’s been so long now I can’t remember. An ultimate decision is sure to affect 787 recruitment or possible lay-offs! - how would that affect debt repayment of the 40K bond?

The Kjos “standing room only” (not enough chairs) Washington road shows, free ticket campaigns and cabin crew rally’s all seem to have stalled. One week Kjos arrogantly boasts to the US he does not need the Permit and the next, he is writing begging letters to DOT Secretary Foxx to ask for immediate Permit approval to provide US jobs. However, he conveniently does not disclose Norwegian's jobs do not comply with Article 17 of the current US EU Air Transport Agreement – ref links below:

"It really does not matter" - Kjos, DN news 4/29
- Vi kan fly til krampa tar oss med de tillatelsene vi har - DN.no

Kjos requests speedy resolution - DN news 6/3
Norwegian lokker med flere jobber mot USA-lisens - DN.no

Article 17 - "The opportunities created by the Agreement are not intended to undermine labor standards, or the labor-related rights and principles contained in the Parties' respective laws"
http://www3.alpa.org/Portals/Alpa/De...DOTStatute.pdf

Are there any reports currently available about NLH Lifestyle?
Like how many consecutive days off are possible from from experience (not guessing, actual Situation)?
Those expats who are based in LGW, do they rent a flat or just arrive the same day from somewhere or the day before and stay the night in LGW?
How many "cycles" are to be expected?
(A cycle in my understanding is for example: A Pairing like LGW-JFK-OSL-ORL-OSL-JFK-LGW)

Cliff,
Did I miss something dear chap ? Am I released from my servitude....

Daedalus737, there's enough flying out of gatwick that W patterns only really apply now to the destinations that aren't served daily, such as Orlando.

3/4 of roster is gatwick, returning to gatwick .

Norwegian will be at the Paris airshow, rumour mill has it that an order for 20+ 787-9's will be announced......

€90000 per year for LHS, no doubt they can male a decent profit and order new planes to boot,

Paris ? Not a good place to order Boeings ...

Its their new business model, buying and selling aircraft no messy requirements for pilots etc etc !