You'd all make the same decision
If you were EZY management, you'd make exactly the same decision to go down the flexi route; it could give you a decent bonus next year!
It's working fine for Ryanair, they still get plenty of applicants, and they even make a nice profit with each new pilot recruited. Genius. EZY have no choice but to follow the clear market leader. They've simply got to go down flexi-crew at the very least (and try getting a mortgage/loan on the back of that).
And yet. And yet. Something does not quite feel right. Could this be the start of one of those chain of events we learn about