Unless I'm mistaken this is not really recruitment, merely offering a proper
job to those that are on poor contracts.
Only to be replaced by hundreds of others willing to pay to fly. The good days of T&Cs are long gone and as long as new guys are willing to fly for peanuts, those days will never return.
easyJet only pays what it needs to, same with FR. The new guys don't realise they are ruining it for themselves, and the older guys are just too willing to accept cadets/P2F.
This cancer is slowly creeping into our side of the industry also, however there are plenty of us still left who will just not tolerate it.