Ryanair time from application to interview to start date?

[captainyonder]

It's all in the title really. What can one expect in terms of time frame with Ryanair from the day you first submit your CV to interview and then if successful to Type Rating start date? Thanks in advance.

[Callsign Kilo]

Application to start was just over 1 month for me. Nearly 8 weeks for the TR (including days off) and 2 weeks from then to Base Check. Line Training in little under 2 weeks from this point. It moves quickly, little time to catch your breath! But I'm not complaining. Good luck :ok:

[captainyonder]

Thanks! Fingers crossed then. My only worry is that as a contractor Ryanair can lay you off at any time. Having paid £25k for a type rating that's a freightening prospect.

[Callsign Kilo]

From day one when we hand over that first installment to our FTOs we enter a massive risk. Nothing is ever guaranteed in this game and unfortunately due to the nature of the econonmy things look to be getting a lot worse. Ryanair is a stable entity, however I accept your point; contractors can go easily. However I would rather be here than at another operator who is riding close to the wind as fuel costs escalate and the UK enters recession. In times like these, I wish I knew Mystic Meg!

[captainyonder]

Very true indeed, the whole thing is a big risk. I already have an offer to fly a small turbo prop, once again with a self funded type rating and so I'm trying to decide whether going for Ryanair will be worth the risk and the time. Thus me asking how long between initial application and interview. Although financially I'd be better off at the prop operator over the first 12 months it stays pretty stagnant moneywise after that plus the career prospects aren't as good necessarily as they would be with a medium jet type rating. Ideally my long term goal is to become a line trainer on pretty much anything, it seems Ryanair has a very fast career progression, I don't want to waste a good opportunity with the prop operator for Ryanair to turn round to me half way through my line training and say they're laying me off. It's a tough call!! Any advice much appreciated!! :)

[Callsign Kilo]

Both are a risk. The TP company could do the same thing. I can't give you any advise over which one to pick, both have their pro's and both have their con's. Unfortunately we can't gaze into the future and we always live with the possibility of 'what might have been' when we make a decision which goes against us somewhere down the line.

[Avadoo]

Maybe we all took a big risk when embarking upon this huge investment??:confused:
As does anyone who funds a new business venture !!!!

Ryanair contractors are equally as busy as the staff pilots.

The first few months are tough but you will most likely fly almost 200 hrs during the first two (mainly line-training) thereafter 75-80 pcm for 11 of 12months.

You pays your money and takes your chance, same as most things in business.

Good luck.

[IrishJetdriver]

FR have reportedly between 3 AND 4 billion euros cash in the bank to help them weather the storm. Approx 130 738s to come. Medium jet over 70 tonnes mtow on your licence. Small turboprop in dodgy times ? hmmmmmm.