Since when do wannabees have the luxury of choice? Frankly in the scheme of things, bmi's terms of employment are extremely good compared to the majority of companies that are realistically available to someone looking for their first job. Whether it is a long term move, although considered, is a long way down the list of needs for a job seeker. The offer of a chance to sit selection shortly followed by a job offer is enough for most to jump. Once us wannabees have hours on type then we can afford to be choosy. Getting the hours is the difficult bit
Virgin and emirates may be lovely places to work but are not available as a first job, and cannot be compared.
Easy and BA are extremely difficult to enter for most of us here and it is the merely the lucky few that have these two as their first employer.