Yarpy,
WE go to the trouble of translating the article and you try to put us down for my cynical comment about the intention of two of their quoted sources.
Then you get a response from someone who has FIRST HAND experience of the sources (not just from a friend of a friend of a friend) further questioning their motives and then you have the audacity to attack us for shooting the messenger.
You would be better to check the previously mentioned thread about what Ryanair pilots think of their company (its actually in Reporting Points) than try to read anything into a non-industry publication.
Further more, you don't have to get paid alot or work for a low cost carrier to get pressure to fly with minimum fuel or any of the other things metioned in the article and a few more I'm not going to bring up.
I think you will find that Ryanair pilots are very well paid because their company knows they work harder than the average aircrew.
However they are still covered by the same rules as the rest of us.
I do not work for Ryanair but would be prepared to consider an offer if they contacted me!