I hate the way they keep referring to the selection process as a competition.
That's exactly what it is, a bit like X-Factor for aviation.
'Yes you too could be a hero pilot with gold bars on your shoulder, Making the big time flying for ever decreasing T&C's that we as an FTO are pushing down the toilet'.
And then when there's nothing left to milk you for, drop you like a hot brick.
It would appear that as a contractor, they can put you off line for as long as they like, leaving you with nothing to show for your 100K or so. That is if they do this before 1500hrs. Before 1500hrs and achieving your ATPL, you have nowhere to go. You are restricted to EZY's AOC. you can't go flying for anyone else.
Yep, Probably paid by block hour... I called that way back earlier in the thread. Of course the MPL's are going to be used and exploited for the company gain to the detriment of those willing sacrificial lambs. That's business.