The Meerkat's last couple of sentences hit the nail on the head. I spent 5 years working for Easy, not without the usual frustrations that all airline pilots will be familiar with, but overall I enjoyed my time there. Leaving was a really hard decision and was driven purely by a desire to try long haul and being just about young enough to join the bottom of a seniority list and start all over again. Some people will find things to moan about wherever they work, the simple truth is that easyjet is becoming an airline that does offer a viable and sustainable career/lifestyle, and the past year has seen some great improvements. Secure job, great crew and a friendly, relaxed working environment - not many airlines tick all those boxes.
Good post, although I would say that the I'm still trying to find out what are the improvement that you are referring to... I do realize our operation has somewhat improved from what could be described as dreadful to something more respectable... but that's not exactly a lifestyle improvement per se... it was just vital to our operation as another 2010 summer chaos this year would surely have put the company itself in jeopardy.
Sustainable lifestyle? Over 30 years or more - certainly not. Personnaly I will not kid myself into thinking I will retire after nearly 40 years of eJ...however for now and until things improve in the big world out there...it isn't such a bad place to be.