The info above refers to the 75% deal - the only guys I know who are part time are 75%. They do tend to do a solid three weeks of flying I am told but get the 9 clear days off every month as well as the usual rostered days off. Not sure if they work to the 6 on 3 off pattern though - it may be they work a random roster not 6 on 3 off like most of us (you can opt out of the 6/3 pattern if you so desire). Pay rise due this month so take home I would imagine to be in the GBP3200-3400 ballpark but I stand to be corrected. I would be surprised if they would let you work half the year and take the rest off but again I stand to be corrected by someone 'in the know' - seems perfectly reasonable to me. Of course part timers increase costs for a LCC so despite legislation I am sure Easy don't want to see a large increase in the number of part timers. The upgrade starts with a recommendation for command by your base captain. This will generally occur once he is happy with your past performance in the sim and on line i.e two consecutive good sim checks at least (and you have at least 3000 factored hours - no problem for you Aero!). Three line assessments with 3 different training Captains, sim assessment and interview follow and providing all goes OK you should be on a command course. This is 3 days groundschool, 4 fixed base sim sessions, 4 full flight sim sessions plus a minimum of 30 sectors line training. Sectors 21/22 are the line check with 8 more observed, 29/30 being the final command check. A busy course but a very good one in my humble opinion - I think our training standards are high and well regarded generally. Hope this info is useful Aero.