WWW I fail to see how you can continue to justify this alledged 'Sponsorship' scheme. Where pray tell is the SPONSORSHIP?
I believe that Easy management have realised that we are at the bottom of the recruitment cycle. They state on their website that they have enough experience in the company to fill all of the LHS next year by FO upgrades. They are now in a position to look at some of the less experienced applicants to ensure an even demographic spread throughout the pilot body. What I think they are doing is using the current 'bleak' recruitment situation and attempting to harness some of the desperation that exists by offering a so called 'Type Rating Sponsorship'. Smart move by Easy management - they get to lock in lower salaries for the next 5 years. Easy are expecting to recruit close to 150 FO's next year. Lets assume that 50% of those end up paying for their own ratings. 75 x 5000 x 5 = 1.875 mil GBP saving on wages alone! And no training risk to boot!
The ironic thing is that the Airbus purchase deal involved type rating training being provided as part of the package.
Last edited by Grivation; 18th November 2002 at 20:43.