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I think most experienced FOs who had done their dues in smaller/turboprop craft effectively paid to get into EZY through TRSS. That was the only scheme open to them and it meant giving CTC £23k. Just about all EZY initial recruitment/training is in fact CTC.
`it is the disconnect between "they are just CTC customers" and "we are full time employed EZY pilots" that is at the root of the apathy over both cadets and TRSS entry routes.
In an ideal world EZY would only employ experienced Jet FOs and Capts - maybe those with a good apprenticeship in aviation from regional airlines, Flight Instruction or Military backgrounds.
In the real world EZY delegate to their preferred supplier. The result is part time cadet FOs, experienced type rated A319/320 pilots unemployed (SFO salaries are too expensive cf cadet ones), and TRE's brought in from outside to man summer captaincy posts.
To quote that Welsh band " If you tolerate this, your children will be next"
MANIC STREET PREACHERS LYRICS - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next