Brussels, 29/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - The “home base” is the key notion of the new European rules that took effect on Thursday 28 June concerning airline flight personnel. Henceforth, air hostesses, stewards and pilots will have to make social security contributions in the country where they take up and complete their service.
This change in the rules closes the door on what some used to call “social dumping” in the air transport sector. From now on, social security contributions...