Originally Posted by
beardy
I have flown, as captain (not in RYANAIR), with many FOs who had been trained by RYANAIR and found their skills and knowledge to be excellent. I believe that their training dept to be very good indeed, that makes them a safe airline to fly with. The rest is money and expectations.
I don't want to pick hairs, but does RYR actually train pilots? I may have misunderstood, but I thought prospective pilots paid an "arm's length" agency a King's Ransom for the privilege of possibly getting to fly for O'Leary at a [?] below market rate and be in debt for quite a long time. Even before the fun and games of rostering, base shuffling and the like.
I admit I might have been subject to anti-RYR propaganda within this hallowed place, but I got the impression RYR would charge for the steam of one's urine should it be possible.