You really have to wonder sometimes. Facts:
- Smartlynx fleet consists of 12(13?) aircrafts
- There is no planned massive expansion apart from 5 leased A330s announced in May 2021
- Hence Smartlynx will need ~85 pilots for operations (60 for existing fleet +25 to cover the new A330s)
- Smartlynx already had 2 Type Rating groups in May 2021
- Smartlynx are now organising 3 more Type Rating groups in Fall 2021
- assuming each group is at least 10 people, that means ~50 extra pilots or twice the amount of pilots needed to operate the fleet
- Smartlynx is asking 35k for the A320 Type Rating as opposed to a typical cost of 15-20k
- Smartlynx does not guarantee a job on completion of their Type Rating course, only "a job interview"
Compared to the above that Ryanair "offer" looks like a dream, at least in RYR you are guaranteed to do the Line Training. Good luck to everybody.