Rather be Sailing
Normans post is accurate re terms etc, housing can be expensive dependant on your choice of base. Close to gatwick or anywhere in the south you will pay quite a lot. Buying a 3 bed place generally speaking you will pay 250 - 330 K. Always possible to rent, once again depending on what you are after £1000 - £1500 per month.
Easy is a fairly happy place with a good bunch of people working for them. Gatwick's workload will now start to increase bringing us inline with the other bases. Believe we will have 16 a/c here if not already. As with any company you cant please everybody.
Hope this helps
MF37