Don't get me wrong, I am not saying this is perfect by any means - after 6 months guys might be out of work again. But I can't help but feel that having say 700 TT with 450 hrs on type (or whatever you might get) is a better position to be in. I'm sure that the OAA/FTE/Cabair guys are not getting to add that to their cv's without paying airlines for the TR and line experience. It's hard to know what should be done. Bottom line is that airlines dont want to pay so much for flight crew, so either we let the industry absorb newbies in line with current crewing requirements against new routes and turnover or do something else like FlexiCrew to get that first job. But as you say, BALPA have come back and said those CTC guys let go by EZ will basically only be able to come back as FlexiCrew. Not ideal at all, but times seem to be getting more desperate each week, and flying is flying.