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Originally Posted by buttline
one of my friends has just been offered a place as a cadet with Ryanair. The deal is:-
he has to pay for his own 737 rating (20k plus)
he receives no salary or payments at all during training
he has to pay all his own accommodation / transport / meal costs during simulator AND line training (40+) sectors for which they can send you anywhere in Europe
Once his base check is complete his salary is £680 a month
He gets NO SECTOR pay at all for 6 months after base saftey pilot release
Half sector pay for the following 6 months
I think it is a sobering thought for all of us in the airline industry (and especially those considering mortgaging houses to pay for their training) that what we are talking about here are the lucky few who actually get a job at all at the end of their training.
Apologies for the derail, but I keep reading this, and I can't believe it. How can people afford to do this?