i live near stansted a major ryanair hub,and worked on ramp for years,i think at the moment ryanair are heavily recruiting from our neighbouring countries,scandanavia,italy etc to keep their aviation authorities sweet,i heard they only took on 8 uk pilots last year,and a huge number of foreign pilots.so ur logic might not figure out m8. I dont know wheather they put up with more,or dont moan as much...lol...pitty the climate is like it is,the pay for ryan is peanuts,work you to the bone but we will all still apply..lol...good luck m8