Generalisations, oh dear........
Hi Maximus,
Not a management point of view, its mine. And if by "vast majority of your colleagues disagree with you", you mean the few disgruntled whingers who like to post their so-called complaints here, then I suggest you need a basic lesson in maths.
Ryanair has over 800 pilots. Its inevitable that some will complain, but then its always the same whiney voices, isn't it Max, and usually with the same hollow pleas.
Coffee this, water that, jump seat back from East Midlands, yarda yarda yarda. The fact is, Ryanair Captain's both contractors and those with permanent Ryanair contracts are among the highest paid in Europe, if not the world. The reason why this is so, is that we have the great good fortune to work for a highly profitable airline. Sure, beginning F/O's are on a rough deal to start with, but it doesn't last long. Anyway, what industry doesn't have a probationary period? If you stick it out through the first hard bit, though, you have a great career with excellent potential for command, more rapidly than any other company I yet know about.
Permanent senior UK based F/O's take home between 3 and 4 thousand quid in their hands every month, Captains between 5 and 6. Frankly, at these rates, I don't mind filling my own water bottle and bringing a jar of Nescafé to work with me. Sounds like you do, though, and I'm sorry for you. It's just that its never struck me as that big a deal.