Flaps 35, your figures are well off the mark… The NL guys that joined earlier that could not go to Indonesia have all had their contracts extended. The type rating costs includes line training sectors and all company conversion courses, most of the guys now have 500 hrs plus and will have close to 1500 on Type after the contract extension… i.e they are very employable. Most type ratings in Europe do not include base training and line sectors. With overtime they are earning at least 50K euros net in a year..