WWW, i would agree should the scheme place you as a fully fledged FO in EZY. But that simply is not the case. You are a contractor owned by parc(OAA) on loan to Easy. Should EZY offer you a full time contract in 3 years, great. But if not what next? With any luck you will be on £50,000 a year in 3 years time, with 1500 hours, an LST and a full ATPL. There never have been guarantees in life, sure. But over 100 grand to be a contactor holding an MPL?
That is a risk. But its a small and quantifiable risk. Weighed against the chances of getting a UK based job on a twin or turboprop then there seems to be an awful lot of upside.
The financial arms race that currently defines Wannabeism is,
entirely, self-inflicted. Directing your anger at the airlines is foolish.
They rapaciously negotiate down the costs of every part of their business. That is what they do. That junior First Officers are willing to self-fund ever more of their training is really not the airlines fault..
I hate it. But hey.
WWW