Loosing your Ryanair Innocence
Bus429. Such innocence! Of course people have paid for interviews. And for simultator checks. And for their type conversion course (in advance). And they pay for their uniforms, every month, for as long as they are employees (think carefully about that one...). No pension, pay for medicals.. etc. etc. And it goes on and on.
But it is going to get much worse. Because that is just a taste of what this is about. Threatened future items include paying for your simulator every year and, if you are on the 732, you will pay for your course onto the 738. On that logic, it will be easier (and cheaper) to employ new pilots than those senior pilots on the 732 because you will be able to promote ambitious young types and give them new (cheaper) contracts.
The cream on the cake will be that if BALPA and IALPA can be blamed they become the excuse for doing it. If they are not around to blame, then you can just do it anyway - just like he has been doing for quite some time!
Beware, here there be no rules, except those of the jungle. Stay clear of this danger zone.