Yes, but that likely won't last forever. And here lies the big difference between the old and the current Ryanair approaches towards staff: thinking about the day after today and the day after tomorrow. With vaccines at the doorstep, the market will no longer be in dire straits in another 2-3 years. With the amount of flying normally done with a LCC, today's cadet will be a Captain in 4-5 years, an instructor in 7-8 years, an examiner in 10 years or so. Throughout this development cycle, aviation will usually go through some sort of major crisis and a couple of recovery years after it. How do you ensure that, when things pick up, your company will still be those people's primary choice and desired field of further professional development? Consistently providing decent treatment instead of acting solely as an hour-building facility for better places was the solution which Ryanair adopted. And it certainly did work.