I told you guys , I knew this all along. The reason for the CONTRACT hiring is that they need to fill the seats ASAP, then slowly they will hire FOs with lesser experience train them pay them much less and get rid of the Italian FOs which at 7000$ are way too expensive for EVA standards unless they want to stay with lower pay. By the way this has already been done by EVA in the past...............Take care...........The Capt.