Imagine you had a very long rope made of gold (okay silver then), and each year this rope was being pulled away from you leaving you with less and less you would be quite mad right? This is the problem, Ryanair's pilots are (mostly) bitching and moaning because what they have now and have had in the past is slowly dissappearing. For a new starter (such as yourself) it would seem far better than where you currently are at (in terms of money, roster and job prospects) but if one year the benefit you enjoyed and took for granted (for example home every night) was taken away from you, you would be pissed off right?