A and C,
I Have NOTHING agaist RYanair and the fact that you have to pay for the TR etc.....I have something against CAE trying to sell cabin crew courses when the airlines are willing to pay for it!
I am a cabin crew (N 1 for one of the UK airlines) ,I have worked in the cabin for 4 years and yes I think that it did teach me a lot expecially CRM wise. I also have a FATPL.
However paying for the cabin crew training I still think it's not worth it,because if your goal is enter the airline industry with an other duty other than pilot then you should try to have a look at the "cabin crew market",the airlines are screaming for cabin crew and also the agencies are!!! Every single airline is now recruting cabin crew including BA!!
Furthermore if you want a job as cabin crew for Ryanair just apply to Ryanair (NOT CAE),I don't think Ryan make people pay for the training , It's CAE and not ryanair!(I Hope).
I don't think the airlines owe me a living because I have a Frozen ATPL .
I don't think people should pay for a cabin crew position!!
You say that a N1 at FR earns 3-4 K more than He/She would for an other airline,ok you are right but don't forget to mention that at FR you should expect 70 sectors a month.
If I fly 70 sectors as N1 for the airline I work for I would take home more than a N1 at Ryanair(These are FACTS!!!!!).
Take care