Turbine100 - I have every sympathy for your position and hope that one day soon there will be a sea-change at easyJet regarding recruitment. I personally feel embarrassed at our CTC/Oxford cartel which effectively prevents non-rated pilots, who were not trained by these schools, working for us. I came across an Oxford-trained pilot the other day who had a €195,000 debt after the type-rating - I don't know how they sleep in their bed at night! I have said that easyJet is a good company, and I stand by that view, but the whole 'flexicrew' issue is a disaster that BALPA should have been all over years ago. Whatever else comes out of 'Project Merlin', any proposals that permit the continued employment of contract Training Captains, and leave flexicrew pilots without permanent contracts, would invalidate the whole process for me. Time will tell.