Originally Posted by 60av8tor

To start, your desription in the first paragraph is pretty much illegal. What would happen if all the 1099 folks told this company that they are unavailable for the next 45 days? That is pretty much the litmus test the IRS uses for determining 1099 status. Sounds shady if they are using it to avoid employee costs as you say.

Here nor there, I guess, as it pertains your question. I was doing 1099 flying prior to 121. One small difference is that I named my LLC as the employer. The owner group I flew for had a name/LLC, but I used my LLC name as the employer since it was all 1099. I received a PRIA request for my LLC, explained I was the owner, and that was the end of that. That was only my most recent flying job before 121 and had others that could be used for PRIA/reference, which may have influenced their nonchalant attitude toward my 1099 ops...