The only justification being offered on this thread for what EZY are promulgating at the moment is, "Think of what
might be in 10 years time?"
The problem is, this is the very thinking that is decimating the industry.
It seems to me to be a complete non sequitur, on the one hand to castigate pilots, new or otherwise, for joining these ridiculous employment/training schemes, and yet on the other hand, suggest its all going to be OK in the long run!
I just don't understand why experienced, senior pilots laud the benefits of joining EZY along these lines? Aren't they signing their own death warrant by so doing?
By encouraging pilots to join the company regardless of how **** the deal is, they merely continue to fuel the trickle/waterfall of candidates willing to accept the lowest common denominator, which must ultimately only result in the reduction in their own T&C's.
What would be the problem with experienced EZY pilots
discouraging pilots from joining their airline, and thereby continuing to exert more pressure on the recruitment system to improve the deal?
Do they believe that isn't possible? Are they that fragile, that they want the PPrune audience to believe they work for a "respectable" airline? Can they not see the wood from the trees? Are they merely offering another opinion?
Any company making half a billion pounds profit this year that forces a "Future Captain" to sleep in his car, base him hundreds of miles from his family, force him to stump up a £20K bond despite his 7000hrs TT (because he's a training risk!), sign a one year probationary contract with no future guarantees of employment, is asking a lot of people regardless of whether he/she's going to make 6 figures a decade from now.
There isn't an upside to this opportunity.