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Airplanes themselves seem to start up, take off, fly and land in much the same sort of way whether the people around are speaking English, American (—a totally different language—), French, German, Dutch, or what have you. But the Law in each of those countries and many others around the world can take a peculiarly different view of the same set of circumstances. If the maintenance is OK, and the thing goes up and comes down, the Law is unlikely to be too troubled by how it did it. The probability is that if maintenance done in one country causes an accident or contributes to an accident in another country, someone is going to have to put a thinking‐cap on and start looking into the whys and wherefores. For example, if you order your transportation in Spain and call for ‘burro’, you will get a donkey. Whereas if you order your transportation in Italy and call for ‘burro’, you will get butter—perhaps they will expect you to slide on it.

Discusses the long existing and confusing problems of establishing the relationship of who is, and who if not, a dependent worker. Reflects developments which have occurred in British law as it affects the employment field, plus an evaluation and analysis of some of the different types of employment relationships which have evolved by examining, where possible, the status of each of these relationships. Concludes that the typical worker nowadays finds himself in a vulnerable position both economically and psychologically owing to the insecurity which exists.