Guy,
Read AdM's post about the contract.
What you have here is people who cannot read, like Captthunder, who post soon after AdM's reiteration of the contract utter guff like this:
Originally Posted by Captthunder
I seem to remember applying for a permanent position as a FO with easyJet. Not a flexi contract as a SO. Does anyone remember being told that they were applying for a second officers position on a flexi (paid per hour) contract?
Cadets do 12 months max as flexicrew, then get SO (which is permanent grade).
What eJ are doing here is taking the piss by offering that same cadet starting point to experienced pilots, to see if they can get away with it. It is heart warming to read of people ticking the "no" box to starting as flexicrew, but depressing to think that those sensible people are being excluded from the company.
I for one would not go from a permanent position to a contract position (even if it were only for 12 months), unless I thought my current company would be out of business in the near future.