Greedy M-Fur's !!!
50 Quid for an ONLINE application !!
THAT is SERIOUSLY taking the **** . What, like it really costs 50 quid (per applicant) for a computer to do an automated search of its database ?
All they gotta do is print out a list of suitable candidates and phone numbers. Probably that will take a maximum of one minute for the whole process !!!
150 Quid for a sim ride !! Why dont they charge you to park in their car park whilst you are at the interview too !!!
Just imagine if all airline employers started to do that. When I finished my frozen ATPL course I struggled to find the money for 150 stamps to post off applications.
I can't imagine how this must make new graduates of flying schools feel. 150 * 50 quid = 7.5k. Yeah, that is just a little extra on top of the 50k+ to get the basic training, right? no one would mind that surely ?
Or would we just let Ryan charge ? It's the principal of it all too.
It wont filter out the unsuitable candidates either. They will still "try it on". We all know that when employers get desperate they reduce the requirements.
PAY FOR YOUR OWN TYPE RATING (BEFORE EMPLOYMENT,TOO) ?
- NOW THAT HAS GOT TO BE A JOKE RIGHT ?
Last time I fly with that bunch of F-ing, cheap skate, theiving gypsy bastard dick-heads. Even if it cost 50p a ticket, I'd rather swim - Less sharks about too.
Except Perhaps imagine this scenario :
We all apply on line,
Pay the 50 quid,
Get the interview,
Check bags in at the Ryan desk,
Go to the bar,
Turn up at the gate at departure +10mins,
Board,
Get a panic attack and decide not to travel,
Get off, bag does also (20 minutes later - after it is found.)
Get on a later flight....Almost....
....Repeat as necessary.... until you have taken the **** out of them as much as you feel that they have taken the **** out of you...
...Arrive in Dublin.
Leave "dodgy looking package" outside Ryan head quarters as you enter the building.
Go to interview and just before you enter the room tell the receptionist that you saw someone leave a package outside and then you saw them drive off in a car.
Have interview.
Tell the guy doing the interview that you lied on your application form and that you love his tie.
Invoice him for your time at the interview and your costs incurred in completing the on-line application, along with an invoice for your suit, shirt, tie, shoes, lunch, and bar bill.
Leave room at some point (possibly soon after entering )
On way out, go to top floor toilet,
Put all plugs in plug holes, turn on taps,
Fly Home.
Now perhaps that would be 50 quid well spent, after all.
When someone says Ryanair to me now I will think of something that starts with "C" and rhymes with PUNTS !!!