Pay to fly

Pay-to-fly or pay-to-work programs,[1] sometimes referred to as "pay-to-fly"[2] or "p2f", also known as 'self-sponsored line training',[3] are an aviation industry practice whereby a professional pilot operates an aircraft on revenue-earning commercial operation [4] by paying for it.[5]

Prices range from around 14,000 euros[6] to sometimes over 85,000 euros [7][8] for a 'flight hour package' of generally 500 hours [5][9][10] on an airliner,[9][10][11] no salaries involved.[5][7][12][13][14] When remuneration is offered,[15] substantial loans [16] to third parties (brokers), are enforced,[17] that outweigh (pilots') financial gain.[18][19]

Typical 'customers' include, but are not limited to, 'low timers' (inexperienced pilots) and low-hour type rated pilots [20] (e.g. B737 type rated -or qualified-, A320 type rated etc...) that pay to work to build hours and improve their odds at finding an employment as airline pilots,[21][22] thus challenging the 'pilot shortage' mainstream consensus.[23][24]

The practice extends to airline-dedicated pilot training, in the form of type ratings available for a check,[25][26][27][28] no employment guarantee at stakes, where pilots further shift from investment-worth company assets to source of revenue.[29]

FAA

The Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash led to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) passing new pilot qualification standards.[23] These standards also addressed a mandate passed by the U.S. Congress when they enacted H.R. 5900 (111th),[30] the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010.[31]

This act also foresaw the modification of "requirements for the issuance of an airline transport pilot certificate"[32] in ways that were implemented by FAA's regulation & policy n°8900.225[33] titled Pilot Certification and Qualification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations[34] on July 10, 2013 [35]

Aforementioned regulation reduced the scope of 'pay-to-fly' among FAA licensees by raising minimum standards.[23] Indeed, to serve as SIC (Second In Command or First Officer) :

"A pilot may be eligible if he or she was a military-trained pilot; a graduate of a four-year bachelor degree program with an aviation major; a graduate of a two-year associate degree program with an aviation major; or has 1,500 hours total time as a pilot".[36]

No regulations explicitly ban 'pay-to-fly'.

EASA

"The fact that airlines make their personnel pay does not intervene in aviation safety regulation, as long as pilots are technically qualified"[5] _Dominique Fouda, Head of EASA's Communication Department

In Europe, among EASA licence holders, 'pay-to-fly' is a practice acknowledged to exist,[1][37] though, "neither the European Commission, nor the EASA care":[5]

"The fact that airlines make their personnel pay does not intervene in aviation safety regulation, as long as pilots are technically qualified",[5] said Dominique Fouda, EASA Head of Communication & Quality Department.[38]

Switzerland

According to FOCA vice director Marcel Zuckschwerdt:[39]

"There is no regulation that would prohibit from doing this [pay-to-fly], it is absolutely possible. One can wonder of course, is it safe? Is it acceptable in terms of safety? And when we examined the matter, we reached the conclusion that, in the end, it's the pilot motivation that is the argument to say it is satisfying in terms of safety" [8] (at 9':50")

France

'Pay-to-fly' is illegal per social regulation as a work contract can be established on demand by a judge as long as:

  1. there's a proven subordination relationship between the service provider and the party benefiting from said service;
  2. the moral or physical person benefiting from the service enforces a framework to which the service provider abides.

Legal action can be taken in case of violation, and sanctions can amount from 45,000 to 220,000 euros in fines and 3 years of prison.[40] According to the French DGAC, "pay-to-fly is not used among carriers operated under the French flag" [5] which doesn't prevent French pilots from suffering from it.[5][7][22]

Statistics

In 2013, 1,739 French pilots were registed in Pôle emploi, a 43% rise as per the three preceding years.[5] In December 2014, graduate student pilots from the ENAC (French Civil Aviation University) alone, reported under the AGEPAC association that, from 2006 to 2011 concerning a sample of 319 pilots:[41]

As a result, of the pilots not flying as their main activity:

Norway

The Civil Aviation Authority, responsible for aviation safety in Norway, is not concerned.

According to Frode Lenning, head of Fleet Operation Section, CAA: “Pilots have been trained within commercial companies for years. However, it is new that some companies ask money to train pilots within their own company [...] We have been training cadet pilots in the cockpit for years, at different levels. What is new here, is the social aspect, and this is not part of the aviation safety regulatory system” [18]".

However, during the pilots' strike of Norwegian in March 2015,[46] 'pay-to-fly' airline Small Planet Airlines [47] performed 50 NAS slots under wet lease,[18] establishing a workforce that pay to work while at the same time breaking their colleagues' strike.

Netherlands

"Given the fact that EASA tackles this issue appropriately and also given the fact that the Dutch aviation sector to the extent known is currently not using these contracts on a large scale, from a safety point of view there is as yet no reason to intervene at a national level."[48] _Wilma Mansveld

Since 2008 the job market for pilots has deteriorated rapidly. Most pilots that have been trained at a Dutch flight school have to look for a job abroad. According to VNV-DALPA the job market for ab initio pilots is poor. "Some companies outside the Netherlands do hire pilots, but these are so-called pay to fly-schemes. This means pilots have to invest a lot of money for a badly paid job and a temporary contract".[49]

On May 22, 2015, Member of Dutch Parliament Martijn van Helvert issued a first round of four questions to the House of Representatives of the States General on 'pay to fly', answered on June 2, 2015 by State Secretary for the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment Wilma Mansveld.[48]

A second round of seven questions and answers followed on June 22, 2015.[50]

Statistics

In February 2015 the Dutch Airline Pilots Association (VNV - Dutch ALPA) reported 1,200 Dutch pilots out of 4,100 worldwide (almost 30%) were unemployed.[51] The unemployment rate remains high.[52]

Germany

"Given these strongly undesirable developments in the aviation industry [p2f], I would like to see a determined action by the EU Commission. An end to the exploitation of young pilots must now be set."[53] _Jutta Steinruck

On May 5, 2015, Member of European Parliament Jutta Steinruck issued a set of three written questions to the European Commission under the subject "Exploitative employment models at low-cost airlines (‘Pay to Fly’)":[54]

  1. Is the Commission aware that European airlines operate Pay to Fly schemes? [54]
  2. Does the Commission agree that this employment model may undermine aviation safety? [54]
  3. Does the Commission intend to take action against airlines which operate these exploitative schemes, and will it investigate training systems in the aviation sector? [54]

On behalf of the Commission, on July 10th 2015, Violeta Bulc respectively answered:[55]

  1. The Commission has been informed recently by pilots' organisations about pay-to-fly schemes used by certain European airlines. The Commission services are currently investigating this specific matter.[55]
  2. The Commission has so far not received clear evidence as to the impact of this employment model on safety.[55]
  3. Based on the information and data collected, the nature and extent of the phenomenon will be assessed and the need for targeted action discussed at the appropriate level.[55]

The questions were formulated 2 days before the May 7th 2015 EP "Committee on Employment and Social Affairs" meeting in Brussels that MEP Steinruck also attended where 'pay-to-fly' was discussed.[56]

Statistics

From a 2013 Der Spiegel article, "According to calculations by [VC spokesman Handwerg]'s union, there are already more than 1,500 unemployed pilots in Germany, an upward trend".[57]

United Kingdom

Following the ECA Conference of February 12-13th 2015 on "Atypical Employment"[58] where one "Nextgen pilot [said] pay to fly is wrong but policy makers turning their backs [...]",[59] BALPA launched the NexGen program on February 27 to "protect the Profession by reaching down to new entrants".[60] Acknowledging "the most difficult part of pilots’ career is the beginning",[61] Wendy Pursey, head of membership and career services[62] at BALPA authored[63] a booklet titled Becoming A Pilot: The Inside Track,[64] warning :

"BALPA does not recommend funding type ratings unless absolutely necessary".[64]

Statistics

Questioned by The Guardian on October 24, 2015, Pursey assessed :

Of the 560 cadets in Balpa’s membership :

Controversy

Pros

Defending the 'pay-to-fly' model, a Cockpit4u spokeswoman stated: "It opens up career starters opportunities that are currently not offered on the European market. Abroad such training programs have been common for years".[65]

Baltic Aviation Academy's view: When employed regularly, one "will most likely sign an agreement which indicates some sort of liabilities [...] and concessions for the company" that will "commit [oneself] to fly for a few years with that airline" with a "salary deduction from your monthly payment" in order to reimburse the airline's investment on the pilot whereas, one can "choose paid Line Training" to gain "independence" and avoid being "absolutely in [an airline's] service", to "gain the 'luxury' of choosing the airline which you would love to work for and ability to focus on the job which will bring you everyday pleasure" [66]

"Independence" comes at 19,500 euros the type rating, to which a line training opportunity can be added that "can vary from 46,000 to 55,000 euros" [26]

AviationCV reckons: "Line training price depends on the type of aircraft [...] line training A320 might cost around 40 000 – 50 000€ [...]. Usually cadets are asked to pay around 60% of payment before the program and rest of it after. It is important to mention that when obtaining for line training, pilots are not being paid."[67] adding: "Despite the opinion that line training destroys the airline pilot industry (“Pay to fly”), line training is in itself necessary [...]. For sure, there was a time when airline pilot training was sponsored by the airline hiring a pilot. However, the situation has changed and only few airlines still apply this policy [...]. In order to start your pilot’s career, you need to invest."[67]

Cons

Since the beginning of the recession “pay to fly” contracts have been introduced by some carriers. These contracts are designed to provide flexibility to the carrier and usually involve all the training costs being met by the applicant.[64] Unfortunately at present, due to the economic situation and the surplus of pilots, this appears to be becoming an increasing trend and arguably results in individuals having limited loyalty and moving on to another airline which offers better careers, contracts/benefits/pay and long-term permanent employment at the earliest opportunity. In order to remain competitive many other carriers are seeing this as an attractive option resulting in potentially this type of contract being more common in the future. According to BALPA, "this is shortsighted and will ultimately deter some potentially good pilots from entering the industry",[64] adding the Association is "concerned by the implications long-term".[64]

The spreading of the practice is also linked to the rise of pilot generations "slowly strangled by their debt"[68] where, pilot unions warn, "only the wealthiest, rather than the best, candidates will become pilots, because growing numbers of airlines are having their cadets pay to fly".[69]

The ECA considers pay-to-fly as being "flexible contractual set-ups that are often at the edge of what is legal and what is necessary to guarantee flight safety".[37]

"These set-ups force employees into temporary contract relationships, fake self-employment (e.g. requiring air crew to set up their own limited liability company that offers its services though agencies to the airline), and/or making use of fake work bases in non-European countries, and ‘pay to fly’ (P2F) programs (whereby newly graduated pilots have to pay their airline for gaining flying experience on an aircraft)" [37]

Aside from a French senator report of information in the name of European commission affairs on social dumping in transports[1] and a European petition supported by the ECA, as far as 'pay-to-fly' is concerned, no regulation and no legislation have been proposed so far.

Airlines and brokers involved

When the information is available, brokers also aviation schools are prefixed: *

TRTOs (Type Rating Training Organisations) prefixed: **

Broker (when applicable) Airlines Type Ratings Line Training
Czech Republic Aerojob[70][71] Travel Service a.s (under SmartWings) Yes[72] No
(Unknown) Aeronova Yes[73][74] Yes[73][74]
Latvia ***Air Baltic Training[75] (subsidiary of Air Baltic) Air Baltic Yes [27][76] Yes [76]
Turkey *Atlantic Flight Academy (AFA)[77] Atlasjet Yes [78][79] Yes [79]
Netherlands Aircrew Training Center (ATC)[80][81] Farnair (and subsidiary Farnair Training), Enter Air,[81] Carpatair Yes [28][81][82] Yes [28][81][82]
Tunisia **Aviation Training Center of Tunisia (ATCT)[83] in partnership with *G Air Training Center (Tunisair)[84] Nouvelair,[12][13] Tunisair [14][84] Yes [85][86] Yes [12][13][14][84][87] (1)
United States Atrans Aviation[88] (Unknown) No Yes[89][90]
Lithuania AviationCV (Unknown) No Yes[91]
Lithuania ***Baltic Aviation Academy Atlasjet,[92] Estonian Air [92] Yes [25][26] (Estonian Air) [92] Yes [25][26] (not Estonian Air) [92]
(Unknown) Blue Panorama Airlines No No
Republic of Ireland CAE Parc Aviation and United Kingdom Brookfield Aviation International Ryanair, EasyJet Yes [93][94](2) Yes[94][95]
Germany **Cockpit4U Germania [5][96] Yes [5][96][97] Yes [5][96][98](3)
(Unknown) Croatia Airlines No Yes[99]
Republic of Ireland Direct Personnel (Unknown) No No
United States Eagle Jet [10] Lion Air [10][100] No Yes [10][100]
Hong Kong ETOPS Flight [6] Royal Air Maroc Express [6] Yes (broker only [101][102][103] ) Yes [6]
Malaysia Fly Gosh (Unknown) No No
Spain *FTE Jerez Volotea Yes[104] Yes[104]
(Unknown) Galain Aviation No Yes[105]
United Kingdom **IAGO flight training UK Thomas Cook Yes Yes
Switzerland IXO Aviation Swiss (Unknown) Yes Yes
United Kingdom **Jet Flight Training Ltd (Unknown) Yes Yes
Belgium ***TUIfly Academy Brussels Jetairfly Yes[106][107] No
India/Cyprus Knots Aviation (Unknown) Yes[108][109] Yes [110]
United Kingdom Northern Flight Training UK (Unknown) Yes Yes
India MSD Aviation Pvt. Ltd. (Unknown) Yes Yes
(Unknown) Pegasus Airlines Yes [111] Yes [111]
Cyprus Pilot Management Services [17][19] Small Planet Airlines [17] No Yes [9]
Germany Planet Air Germany (Unknown) No Yes[112]
New Zealand Rishworth Wings Air, Vietnam Airlines[113] No Yes [114]
Dubai **Skies Aviation (Unknown) Yes Yes
Germany Sky4u / Intex-Aero (Unknown) Yes Yes
Netherlands *Stella Aviation International (SAI) (Unknown) Yes [115] No
(Unknown) Tarom No No
Italy TRTOagency (Unknown) Yes [116] No
Tunisia Type & Train Nouvelair,[21] Tunisair[21] Yes (broker only [21]) Yes [21]
Morocco Type Line Training (Unknown) Yes Yes
Lithuania **UAB Sabenavita (Unknown) Yes Yes
(Unknown) Vietjet Air No Yes[117]
(Unknown) Wingjet Aviation Yes[118][119] Yes [118][119][120]
United States World Airline Services Air Asia, Hainan Airlines, Air Gabon, Air Madagascar, Asiana Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, TAAG No No

(1) "Note that [ATCT] work[s] very closely with Brookfield Aviations, the world leading pilot Brookers [sic] who will place you in an airline".[14]

(2) This is "false accusations"_A spokesman for the Irish budget airline[121]

(3) "Pay-to-fly at Germania? That is nonsense"_Karsten Balke, Chief Executive Officer of Germania[122]

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  82. 1 2 "Flight Training". www.enterair.pl/. Enter Air. Practical training [...] is divided into two phases: the first phase are school flights (on an "empty" plane); the second phase are trainee airline flights (scheduled flights).
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  119. 1 2 Wingjet Aviation. "Training". wingjetaviation.com/index.php. Wingjet Aviation. Retrieved 21 September 2015. 1) A-320 300 hours line training : 55000 Euro 2) A-320 500 hours line training : 66000 Euro [...] 1) B-737NG type rating+ 300 hrs line training program : 48,380 USD
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