1) Correct! (good on ya, cobber) Online applications DO require a fifty pound submission fee. It separates the wheat from the chaff. Wannabees and ppl's who know they stand no chance of serious consideration are, quite understandably reluctant to throw their money away, and thereby relieves us of wasting substantial resources. Pilots who put their money where their mouths are tend to be serious contenders. Just another aspect of the selection process.
2)
WRONG. FTO's recover their costs of simulator assessment directly from the applicant. Sim's don't operate free of charge, Nosey, and as much as your sparkling sense of entitlement might have it otherwise, user pays.
3)
WRONG. Costs vary as a function of individual FTO's schedule of charges and local taxation regimes. A median fee is around 15-20K GBP.
4)
WRONG. No pilots work for free at Ryanair. Pilots are indeed paid whilst undergoing line training. Rates vary depending on candidate, either captain, FO or cadet FO, but all are paid.
5)
WRONG. There
are no home bases whilst on line training. Location depends on the availability of training assets across the fleet. Accommodation is the pilots responsibility...unless you propose state housing for pilots across the EU? I'll put it to the Transport Commissioner and PM you his reply, eh?
6) Partial credit. Company pays in full in the first instance and makes a (very) small monthly deduction to recover costs thereafter.
7)
WRONG. Company provides the water. Pilots are required to transfer it from one location (chilled water fountains) to another (a bottle, gourd or goatskin). Seems to be within the purview of most.
8) Correct in the case of food and coffee, don't know what you mean by "etc".
9)
WRONG. The minimum days off we get is 3. Travel on the network is free of charge, and our longest sector is just over 1000nm. A distance that can easily be covered in 3 days at 460kt, I think you'll find.
10)
WRONG. No one, and I mean no one at Ryanair is denied due process.
I happily stand to be corrected
Ok then, lets see now, by my reckoning, that gives you 2 and a half out of 10. A low score even by your tawdry standards, Nosey. Once again, love, don't you ever get tired of being wrong?
I would modify your caution to aspiring applicants, though. Might I suggest the use of caution when listening to the blustering of ill-informed, terminally aggrieved blow-holes who subscribe to the view that you should never let truth get in the way of a good story?
