From PPJN :ryanair UK sector pay details as follows
0-3.4 hrs scheduled block time - £45
3.5-4.9 hrs scheduled block time - £80
5.0-6.9 hrs scheduled block time - £130
7.0+ hrs scheduled block time - £185
using the 2 higher figures and the best rostering of all time give maximum figures over 900 hrs per year of....
5hr flights only : 900/5 = 180
180*130 = £23400 take home per annum
or
7hr flights only : 900/7 = 128.6
128.6*185 = £23785 take home per annum.
divide total by 12 gives a MAXIMUM 12 month average of 23785/12 = £1982
of course i should imagine that the rosters are not so generous and would be filled with 6.9 hr days for £130 or 8hr+ days for £185, further reducing maximum monthly take home.
Further to that WCF an average of £2400 over any 12 month period would result in a MINIMUM of 90.8 hrs flown per month equating to 1089.7 hours per year!!!!!!!!!
From what friends tell me regards contract pilots, they get paid in Euro's. Take their gross annual euro amount, convert it into sterling, and their pre tax pay is not significantly different to a permanent UK SFO gross pay. Its amazing how dumb some people can be by not allowing themselves to look at the BIG picture. (although being a contract pilot would facilitate tax evasion if that's the kinda thing you're into)