This is crap. CTC stuff things up for other people again. They save themselves at the expense of others. If I were made redundant tomorrow then I wouldn't be able to get another permanent job because the contractors would be picked first on their lower wage and flexible terms!
Hopefully this will all be short lived - HSBC not giving funding for the wings scheme anymore (they certainly aren't going to lend £60k unsecured to someone who is going to be contracting when they graduate) means far less cadet graduates & hopefully a lot less needy graduates in the flexi scheme. When things pick up in the industry in a few years (fingers crossed) and there is a demand for pilots again then hopefully the we will be in a position to negotiate permanent positions.