Again, if we wanted to "sit" in a big shiny jet, it so easy to just get a budget ticket on an airline that has a young fleet.
The point is, there are many motives why an individual would want to apply for a scheme such as easyJets. For me, as I am applying for easyJet, it is because easyJet is one of the UKs biggest airline whom I believe have a good corporate culture after speaking to some trainees, FOs and Captains. It's a route to the right hand seat on what seems to be currently a stable airline. These are just some motives for taking on such a scheme.
The big problem is clearly the cost of training and the difficulty around funding it... Complaining about it on a thread dedicated to help people who are applying for it ain't really gonna make a difference? Like said somewhere on PPRUNE, jokes on us for picking an industry which requires us to pay a high sum just to do the training. Go on, judge those who can afford it, but honestly, they couldn't care less unfortunately.