Socio-economic factors affecting aviation safety
Just a quick reference for those unaware that EASA’s basic regulation (EU 2018/1139) includes provisions for the agency to cooperate with other institutions whenever socio-economic factors (such as social dumping) would influence aviation safety. Due to the ongoing “race to the bottom” allowing for dubious pay-to-fly schemes and false self-employment, this article will probably gain more and more importance towards the future…