Scroggs,
Thank you, will do all those things, and I had already looked at the EasyJet website. I think that scheme may well be finished by the time he is looking for jobs anyway; I really just wanted to understand the situation with type ratings, which I now do.
By the way he did other army stuff before becoming a pilot and is an offr so he has less hours than you would think (the army like to throw their money away training people and then sending them to fly a desk). Will finish with an absolute max of 1400 hours unless very lucky (or unlucky if you consider current political situation in Gulf), 'tho I suppose there will be some extra hours from the ATPL etc and we might consider taking a working holiday to America to get some cheaper flying hours in. How do you think that would affect his chances?