Looks like RyanAir does have what they want. They do have pilots ready to work so what do they need then? Yes of course it's great that they don't pay them, RyanAir we know are ruthless. So fortunate that I never worked for them and never will. They provide stepping stones of a sort for a route to become an airline pilot, which many, for their sins, aspire to. No reason to knock them they just run a business, plenty of sharks in the business world.