paying for type ratings
Sadly, it does appear that Easy will be looking for people to pay for their own type ratings.
Ryan's have already started the ball rolling with their "£18000 for a 737-200 TR and a job for six months" scheme, and believe me plenty of people are applying for that, 40 have been taken on this year and another 80 will be next year, and they are inundated with applications.
Eazy now want 500 hours on type if you have a 737TR, so buying your own won't help there, but they are likely to set up their own "cadetship" for nnon TR people - a friend of mine works at Aviance in LGW and an EZY Captain told him to expect to pay about £14000 for their cadetship (goodbye CTC?).
Rumours are that JMC will be looking at a similar scheme too.
If people are prepared to pay, the airlines will carry on with this.