The real selling point of Lisbon is not the Lisbon contract. It gives external captains a realistic chance of a way into easyJet if they can tolerate the dire contract for 2 years. There are no guarantees, but once you have done your time you should be able to work within easyJet on the bigger money deals in just about every other base, subject to vacancies. I cannot imagine any other reason for taking it. I would be going for a China contract job first otherwise.