Originally Posted by
RogerIrrelevant69
1. That the pilots only work 18 hours a week on average. Nonsense of course. Unfortunately it may make a good headline for Joe Public to consume but it is utterly untrue as all pilots know. For that amount of flying, without even examining a typical Ryanair pilot's working week, I would guess 45 hours a week (and with no opportunity for breaks). Real figures supplied here agree with that guess.
45 / 18 = 2.5. you are saying for every 1 hr flown that pilots are on duty an additional 1.5 hrs? Even though turn-around times are 25 minutes. If you fly 6 x 1-hr sectors in a day you clock in an additional 9 hours of non flying time per day? Eh you're going to have to explain that one - it makes no sense to me. Not to mention the fact that a 45hr working week is really soft going for someone who makes 6 figures. No other industry has it so soft. As I said, just look at doctors or ATCs.