The Flying Saucepan has got it spot on! As pilots, we must always try to ensure that every single one of our colleagues,
whoever they are, is treated in a uniform fashion by the management. They should have the similar contracts, T's & C's, rights for promotion etc... Only national laws should prevent identical contracts. The only people we should be wary about are those who legally shouldn't be here working on shonky "flagging-out" practices.
But as an asside, how about this? 300 or so applied for a direct entry or accelerated command (FK50), 80 were selected for a company medical and fifty or so offered a postion. The rest were considered to be "not up to standard". However, many of these were, and probably still are, working for Denimair as TRE/I's and Line Trainers. However, due to a shortage of trainers in KLM, line training of some of the new F/O's will have to be out-sourced to...
Or this? None of the UK Pilots working for KLM as a F50 Captain could apply for their own job as they aren't qualified!
Lastly, only those with the hours requirement for an ATPL, plus training at either KLS (KLM's Flight School), NLS or the Dutch Armed Forces were able to apply.