Yup they are ruthless ...
Mr Lancaster, do I take it then that you have yet to be on the receiving end of this ruthlessness?
Like ... if they give you a few days notice to move - on your next two days off - to another base with reduced pay.... will you then celebrate their "ruthlessness" or their fine business and management practices?
Of course you post has a (key) characteristic of many of the pro-management posts here: you sing the praises of a particular version of Ryanair life, appeal to earnings that ... well not everyone gets, forget about the Ryanair induced costs and then give a grudging acknowledgment that Ryanair are not entirely "kosher". Your concession was on "ruthless". We were granted some relief from the "visionary leader" bit. (Kim il MOL as someone here called him).
Do you, as a matter of interest wish to take the opportunity of denouncing this "ruthlessness" here? After all, some pilots with years of experience are convinced that you are right about this and that people with a high profile get targeted by management. How do you feel about that? Good or bad? Or just indifferent to the tune of £5,000 p.m? What do you stand for - greed?