And therein lies the point. Too many FATPL holders now consider it "normal" to go from a Seneca to a 737/320.
A job on an ATR now seems the bottom of the pile.
It shouldn't be, it should be celebrated as a bloody good result in these testing times.
And putting aside the semantics of whether this is an apprenticeship, or not, it still seems to me to be a good way of getting a fully funded type rating on a jet2 aircraft type in 18 months from commencement of employment.
It will give the "apprentice" access to skills that other pilots never learn and it will give them access to HQ senior people. That could prove invaluable in years to come..... I for one still think this sounds like an opportunity and not a trap.