Originally Posted by
Intrance
I'm sure it has changed or something, last time I even remotely looked at Ryanair it was I think even 30k, but whatever. Missing my main point though. It's funny how in bad times with very little companies hiring, pay2fly is the worst thing ever. But now with it being a fairly good time for pilots to get a job, suddenly people give recommendations to pay for the honor to fly a nearly dead type.
Seriously people, all I'm saying is that if you spend that kind of money, at least spend it wisely and don't take blind recommendations to accept the first thing that comes your way. I have experienced the problems with hours on smaller types or under a certain weight limit not being valued for what it is. So the OP is right to ask the questions, and mostly just gets a load of other pilots who don't care to actually read, calling him/her arrogant for "not wanting to fly the ERJ" and telling him/her to accept the first damn thing.
Well then that just shows in all fairness how out of touch you are. The last time you looked at Ryanair it was 30k and a zero hour contract. It’s not any more so I’m not missing any point. As I said it’s now 4k for a cadet and a bond with a paid training contract. After the training is finished if you are UK based it’s a permanent contract with a gross salary of 68k plus pension(Balpa negotiations ongoing). I’m not knocking BMI and the Embraer. But the value of the contract and type at Ryanair is far superior at the moment. So let’s start comparing apples to apples. The days of paying 30k as a cadet joining Ryanair are gone....for now. Good luck with your decision but be careful shelling out life changing money on type ratings. IMHO we in this industry are heading for unstable times again.