Mungo man if you are going to do crazy things based upon what you read on pprune then you need a reality check. There is a reason why the pay is slightly higher - flexicrew are contractors - they have no pension, no security, no extras paid for, no one to go back to if they are dissatisfied and barely any kind of leave structure or holiday pay. If you're sick then you get a statutory sick pay and that's it. Finally you won't necessarily be where you want to be based like you may be with your current airline which I'll presume is regionally based if its such a poorly paid jet job - probably bmi baby or jet 2. So you'll have the cost of selling everything and moving for a contact job or paying to commute to work - perhaps to somewhere like Rome, Madrid or Paris. If there's no staff travel this can be painful. Selling the house and moving could cost anywhere between 10 and 30 grand on top of your hypothetical type rating. Why do you do desperately want to fly for easyjet that you'd pay 40-60k more to earn a little more, for less security ( even if you do work that tinpot outfit bmi baby) and ultimately do the same job. Oh and if you are inexperienced on type you'll prob have to take 1200 a month for 8 months too.