Zerotohero, If you look at the provincial bases for EasyJet, Thomas Cook and TUI, they all offer better packages
A bit of a misunderstanding here - Zerotohero is clearly talking about the Captain package for DECs... none of EZY, TCX or TUI offer DEC at regional bases (no DEC in TUI/TCX at all) and the hours for EZY are up at the top end. Sure, you could join at LGW or a foreign base and join a long list to get home, but now you’re sacrificing Home base and lifestyle for a few years. EZY is a great package for those who’ve been there a while and worked their way up from FO.
As a FO with no basing preference the package is, as you say, better. I just think that’s not the point that Zero was discussing.