NSF, I must agree here with 757manipulator. Whilst you tend to talk a lot of sense, and I particularly admire your stance re BALPA, that post was harsh.
There's a world of difference between what many would write on prune and the attention they would put into an application. The guy talks sense, I fully agree he should not have to fork out more money for the "privilege" of flying Easy's, or anybody elses, Boeingbuses.
1500 hours is obviously not a high experience level; however if it's mostly on jets, as he says, he is going to be a LOT less of a training risk than a low time guy, and as, such could fairly be described as RELATIVELY experienced in relation to many of the people that I imagine are applying.
planeshipcar, FR has indeed advertised in Flight for 1500hr+ FOs with training provided. Said FO's will be bonded. Needless for me to say, as many threads have already said so, this "deal" does not in any way make FR an attractive place to work. Be careful, very careful. There will no doubt be horrendous strings attached.