Well I'd have to concede that there is nothing 'over' about EZY's manning 'crisis'. Of the 400+ pilots required, just under half of them are to address the current shortage. Easyjet have no problem with hiring foreign nationals. The understanding is however that they must speak good english and have a JAA ATPL. What exactly is the problem with that? Those are the entry requirements. Unfortunatley many (probably very competent) pilots have failed the selection due to lack of good english. The line has to be drawn somewhere.