Well actually last year all the Ryan FO's I met at EGSS were on more than the Buzz, easy or Go FO's. Some FO's who have been in FRA more than 4 years are on £49k with shares worth about £60k gratis.
Around a pub table one afternoon with a BA mate of mine (F/O we were all around the age of 26) we worked out our projected earnings if we were to stay with our current companys until retirement (FRA Go BA). The ranking came out as I just typed. (we allowed the BA guy a 55 retirement then 5 years in the LHS at Go).
The mystical BA pension advantage worked out at him on £46,000 a year, me on £39,500 a year and the Ryan guy on £47,000 a year...
What the situation is now with new joiners at FRA I have no idea. Probably not nearly so good.
However, if you wanted to make money in the last 5 years you should have joined Ryanair and not BA.
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