It just takes a little longer to achieve.
Too right, and in the face of so many other opportunities who wants to be slaving around waiting that long? Delaying the opportunity for your cadets to become real pilots with real terms and conditions is simply another way to get them to accept being paid a lower salary over a longer period of time. The EZY machine knows full well that if anyone leaves (I would say 33-50% do) then the sausage factory known as CTC will be there to help out. My airline (a UK charter) has hired close to 20 ex EZY Flexicrew over the last 12 months and will no doubt hire many more next year. All on a full time contract, with a salary grossing them in the region of £70k in year one. And we've seen more troubled times than EZY. Corporate greed and exploitation of the dreams and ambitions of youngsters, that's what EasyJet is all about.