I know Brookfield supplied pilots to Ryanair, but that is a long long time ago. Are you sure Brookfield is still in business? In any case, if you go with Ryanair, or any other airline, as a contract pilot, you get x amount of USD or GBP per month and insurances, loss of license, income tax etc. etc. is your business.. .. .I wonder why Ryanair is flirting with Brookfield again (if that`s what they are doing)? May be people did not want to pay GBP 50 to register online. Or may be sensible pilots think twice about joining this airline. Who knows, may be it is not so easy for Ryanair to attract professional aviators anymore. . .. .And if you should get an offer via an agency, make sure everything what is "normal" to get as a contract pilot is in your contract.