Numbers are.....4-500 pilots required over the next 3 years. ( source- BALPA )
Applicants with 500hrs turbo-prop for Airbus fleet (A321's arriving Oct '04 ), or 1500hrs Long Haul fleet.
Short Haul DEP starting salary £40,500pa + guaranteed expenses = approx. £50,700pa
Up this figure by a couple of thousand for Long Haul.
You might start at 0600L SH , but there's no 'night flying' !!
...and anyway, the golf courses are quieter mid-week.