Well, that does sound a little strange, it all depends on how you applied, ie through ryanair direct or through one of the schools. Ryanair direct - you may find they cant be bothered to try and make the arrangements on your behalf and i am aware that the training providers are maxed out putting at least ten guys every 28 days therough the machine, so there is probably not a lot of capacity - there are 200 new jobs created this year fo RYR and they are interviewing 3 days a week at EMA, each day has approx ten people, do the math it will probably add to around 750 people or so probably even more i dont know so it is likely a few people will be swept aside by the never ending wave of eager recruits.
If you want to work you cant do a lot better than ryanair, i earn good money work a stable pattern and will fly brand new aeroplanes.
Anyway dont knock it till you tried it. You pay for everything in life, its just the way its asked of you which changes your perception.
All the best