The company wants to introduce 5 on 4 off.Pilots will be left with maximum 14 days annual leave per year.Down from 29 days.It will be mandatory to complete recurrent training and sim training on your days off along with the already completing medicals on days off.The roster will revert to 5 on 3 off every 4 months,thus making it impossible to plan your days off throughout the year.You will not be allowed to combine days off with blocks of annual leave(i.e. 3 days off followed by 5 annual leave days will find you returning to work on what would have been your next 3 days off,again throwing your roster out of synch.)5 on 4 off will allow longer flying days.Which you will have to fly(up to nine hours)longer days.Which you will need to do,because for the privilege of 5 on 4 off,they are reducing the sector/duty pay by approx. 15%.
The pilots do not need 5 on 4 off,the company needs it to fool pilots outside to join believing that they are going on 5 on 4 off and by the time they have joined and found out the truth,it is too late.The company will circumvent the minimum legal leave requirements by calling some of your supposed 4 days off,annual leave days,again these can be changed at the drop of a hat from annual leave days to working days should it suit the company.
Should you return from a period of illness,the company has the right to change your roster to 5 on 2 off for a period they determine is sufficient to return you to "PEAK PRODUCTIVITY".
THIS COMPANY ACTIVELY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PILOTS AND THE CEO IS A VIRULENT HATER OF PILOTS.
I Would advise anyone considering working for ryanair to source the document petaining to information for pilots considering joining ryanair.You will be awestruck by how this management treats it staff worse than ****.
In an era when ryanair attempts to further develop their "MINIMUM COST PILOT PRODUCTION LINE",the market elsewhere is buoyant and this year will see a significant increase in pilot resignations from this company.