People just to point out that no cadet is tied to an airline for 7 years. You can leave when you want, accepting that ezy or whoever won't make the bond repayments if you do, and you must then repay your loan to HSBC through taxed salary. You are not contractually obliged to stay in one airline for 7 years. Plenty of cadets have left ezy within the first year of employment.
CTC will almost certainly place you into the RHS of a jet if you pass the course, and that is the advantage of doing your training with them. Whether the airline you go to is considered a 'proper airline' by anyone else's standards doesn't really matter. You are going straight to a jet with 250hrs, and will build experience quickly at a relatively young age, meaning you are well placed to seek employment elsewhere in the future should you wish.
Any airline that operates a sizeable fleet of jets and makes a regular profit is a 'proper' airline in my book!
Good luck guys
WBV guessing you're on lates too this week mate!
PS I've given up on the cheeseboard idea