The type course was in the region of £20k plus travel and accomodation for either SAS Stockholm or CAE Amsterdam. Certainly in my case fair play to Ryanair, they did exactly what they promised to do, so I, personally, can't complain. Others may have had different experiences. The chaps I started with are now all in roughly the same position. There does seem to be a real movement towards TRYING to keep people as happy as they can within the company. In such a large company with so many staff it won't happen every time though. Sorry if the posts I've made are more terms and endearments, just wanted to answer the question.