Originally Posted by Config
You either work for Ryanair or you don't. If you don't, then none of this should bother you. If you do, remember you don't have to.
If you cannot understand that this affects every pilot in Irish and UK employment then you are very narrow minded. Many choose not to work for Ryanair because of such practices, but the sensible ones support their colleagues in Ryanair and every other airline in their attempts to preserve/ better their terms and conditions. What happens in Ryanair has a knock on effect in their competitors as management try to compete on a cost basis. It is in everyone's interest (as pilots) that Ryanair and Easy and all the other airlines' pilots manage to better their Ts & Cs and that bad practices such as messing with duty hours, disturbing pilots' rest, not giving them the leave they are entitled to, screwing them out of duty pay and the list could go on, should all stop.
I have always been of the opinion that those who join an airline like Ryanair to get some experience to then leave and join a 'decent airline' are slowly but surely dragging the terms and conditions in said 'decent airline' down towards the lowest common denominator. For instance look at paying for type ratings. My company (one of the supposed 'decent airlines') started charging new joiners £10k towards the cost of type training last year. This is a direct result of the lo-cos having such a practice and my employer just could not compete. So do yourselves (and all the rest of us) a favour and join REPA, negotiate proper terms and conditions and don't allow your employer to treat you like dirt.
PP