To get a sense of perspective here, I am an easyJet captain and I earnt £4300 last month based on 84 hours flying. We get a 7% pension contribution (I put in 5%), loss of licence cover and no private health insurance. It seems to me that a Ryanair captain earns substantially more than an easyJet one. Despite that I would much prefer to work for easyJet (apart from anything else, the Airbus is just great to fly)!