Definitely university cost is not ryanair’s fault, but everyone should have a backup plan, and the skills you learn there are incredibly beneficial to the flightdeck, or if you are unsuccessful.
Again, you are correct you may not end up at Ryanair, could be wizz air, equally as shocking. If you are 18 now, by the time you are likely to apply for jobs, between ryr and wizz, thats close to 1000 frames. Legacies will not touch a newbie unless they sponsored them, the market will be so distorted to poor t&c by these 2 carriers its unreal.
Which kind of leads on to point 3, ryr and wizz will dictate wages across all of Europe, other carriers will have to slash to keep up. There is soon no where else to go. If you are italian and want to work in Italy, ryr is now pretty much the predominant employer.
In 2002 Ryanair captains in stn and pik were paid £109k. Now in stn their basic is 59k. Guess by 2040 which way will it go…
It is so sad to see society continually getting hammered for ceo’s like Mick and his quest for the 100m bonus. Its not just him, it started back when Regan started deregulation, but it has nicely allowed money to flow from our pockets to theirs and we still dance to their tune.