Not for the first time, there is some significant misinformation on this thread about easyJet employment practices. I am not going to justify some of the shameful pay practices of the last few years at easyJet, but the statements by A320rider and others are simply not true. There is not a single cadet who has been laid off at easyJet after obtaining 1000 hours (or whatever figure is currently being quoted) to make way for more 200 hour people. Assuming the current pay offer is ratified by the voting pilots (and I believe it will be), then most cadets who were laid off in the winter previously will be on permanent contracts of some kind by the end of the year. The minimum starting salary will be just over £30k + sector pay. It is not great, but it is a huge step forward. EasyJet are categorically not laying off people to employ cheaper, less experienced pilots. Boring as the truth is, that is the truth nonetheless.