757 Manipulator - your post sums up the frustrations of discussions here on PPrune. It is so important to read what is said and not what you think someone might be wanting to say. Nobody, least of all me as a 146-rated pilot, has suggested, either uimplicitly or explicitly, that easyJet and CTC consider 'all 146 drivers as a liability'. For you to suggest that just raises the ante and is a misrepresenation of what I said.
Forgetting easyJet for a moment, my previous company which is a well-respected jet airline, did not regard 146 time as any 'better' than turbine experience and so it would be fair to say that the 146 is at best regarded as a 'halfway house' within the industry. What I said is that a number of 146 pilots, but by no means all, have experienced some difficulty is tranferring to more complex types such as the 737 or Airbus. As a previously contributor has pointed out, in the past easyJet took 146 pilots as DECs but my understanding is that due to some difficulties that arose they will not be doing that now. Many 146 pilots now fly larger and more complex types and so it would clearly be ludicrous to suggest that because you flew this aircraft at some stage in your career, you are de-facto a worse pilot than someone who has not! I think, however, it would be fair to say that most employers would regard certain other jet types (ie BAC 111s, MD80s, Fokker 100s, other Boeing and Airbus types etc) as more akin to the 737/A319, and therefore provide more relevant experience. RJ/146 time tends to be regarded more in the same light as heavy turboprop time.
Incidentally, we already have loads of ex-FlyBe pilots at easyJet who are highly competent individuals. Indeed some of them have subsequently left us and gone on to fly 777s with BA so clearly they are well thought of.