Pilot Pete, Yes I suppose that makes some sense, assuming you could get your hands on the bond amount.
Chutney, I'm not sure you've got you assumptions right.
Ryanair + many sim centres are training to fill Ryanair vacancies
CTC/Easy are training to fill Easy vacancies
Global/Storm/Bond are training to fill Excel vacancies
Bond/ Astraeus/Stapleford are training to fill all or any of the above + Astraeus ,Globespan, Thomsonfly,Channex, Skynet, Sky Europe.
I think you'll find the Ryans and Easy are most concerned about where all the pilots are going to come from to fly all their new aircraft. Even my employers are concerned about where we would find a group of 737-300 rated pilots to crew any additional aircraft we may take on to cover work abandoned by EAAC.
The guys laid off by EAAC need a full conversion to fly the 737-300 ( Yes, it's completely daft!)