17PA and others,
P2F is not the way to describe the easyjet set up. You fund the type rating and then you are paid for all the flying you do. The T & C's are rubbish and these are accepted by the pilot in question and as such its a little baffling why people complain about said accepted contract.
If you consider this to be P2F then you can include Jet2 and also those easyJet SSTR guys of the past.
In saying that how can you berate the OP for accepting a contract (which financially was workable) only to be treated with contempt and forced onto a terrible contract in Germany. Nobody can guess whats coming but even for easyJet that was (and is) a disgrace.