I got a call from a former colleague this morning. She used to fly Sheds at night carting freight every where too. She thought she'd got a really good job flying CRJ's. She and every one has been made redundant at that company Duo.. Her quote "it really is a !!!!ty industry isn't it?"
I hope I am wrong but unless you have 737/A319 time you have to go onto easyJet's TRSS programme at £23K. You might think, fair enough. However, when you have several thousand hours turboprop and the like or even CRJ/EMB time etc it is just plain rude to be treated as a raw newbie. Even the military guys have to do it. (If you want to work for easyJet. Ryanair are similar. bmi regional are charging for their EMB rating too. How long before the rest of them join with self sponsored ratings?)