What has this industry become ? £7 grand for a 6 month job !!!
And the Orange airline wanted £8 grand from me for an Italian base a few years ago and I was type rated with thousands of hours on type - I didn't bother with their "offer".
Mrs Uplinker and I have spent the last few (jobless) years rueing the fact that maybe we will never fly commercially again, but actually, it sounds like we have had a very lucky escape from what it has become. Sounds like airline flying might end up like taxi driving - no disrespect to taxi drivers.
TUI said no to me several years ago - and again, I was perfectly competent, experienced and type rated - so no tears for them now.