14 pilots = 7 crews. Allow for trainers, part timers (quite a few) and management pilots and that is about right. easyJet do now have over 1,000 pilots on the books.
Traditonally pilots stayed in an airline often for their entire career due to seniority and pension issues. If you set up several airlines with no seniority and no company pension then you change the market somewhat...
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