Thursday, 1 July 2010
BROOKFIELD AVIATION SCAM PILOTS.RYANAIR OWN BROOKFIELD
UP TO 100 Ryanair pilots have been put on protective notice by Brookfield Aviation, the British contract company that pays them, and told they must sign up to new employment terms to satisfy the Revenue.
The Revenue is understood to have raised issues about whether the pilots are effectively Ryanair employees. As such, Ryanair would have to pay millions of euros in extra taxes annually.
"Brookfield is a third-party company supplier of aircraft crew to a number of airlines including Ryanair," the airline said. "This is a matter for Brookfield and their people, not Ryanair."
Brookfield has told pilots that on legal advice, and after consulting the Revenue, it wants to implement a new contract structure drawn up by the Dublin tax consultants McNamara and Associates. Under this structure, groups of pilots would become directors of companies set up by McNamara and Associates and contracted to Brookfield.
Pilots have asked Brook-field to provide a written copy of the agreement the agency says it has reached with the Revenue. Brook-field declined to say why it has not done so.
Some of the pilots have provided tax-clearance certificates to Brookfield. They have also told Brookfield they are unclear why they must now become directors of companies set up by McNamara and Associates.
Pilots have been told they must sign up to new contracts if they wish to continue working for Brookfield after January 9, 2010. Pilots will be sent their new contracts this week
Incidentally - Brookfield is controlled by Ryanair. It is effectively a subsidiary, but kept at 'arms length'.
Ryanair aims for 'plausible deniability' when saying Brookfields outrageous tax dodging is nothing to do with them. In fact they ARE Ryanair employees. Just being employed through a scam Agency set up by Ryanair.
Ryanair have a similiar company for training and supplying Cabin Crew - supposedly a 'third party' yet it is owned by (named) individuals with close connections to Ryanair. It is legendary for exploitation of its young (mainly female, eastern european) contractees.
John say's
Brookfield,crewlink,dalmac,stjames and cavoc,ryanair say they are all third party providers.Ryanair own all of these companies and use them as a tool to scam their workers...
Posted by jonnyenglish at 11:33