Dont forget, Ryanair are not taking your money
Don't be naive! Do you really think for one second fr don't take a cut from the fee? Why else would they only accept guys from a limited number of schools? And don't tell me its for standards, as fr couldn't care less what the standard of the training is as long as at least some guys are able to pass the line check.
This is like saying that Easyjet is ripping you off
Easyjet is irrelevant. Easy give you clearly laid down T&C's, which are leagues ahead of ryanair. This argument has nothing to do with Easy, or anyone else.
In the long run, everyone has to pay for type ratings some how. Whether it be on a reduced sallery for 5 years because you are bonded
Wrong again. EI for example do not reduce the salary for bonded pilots. Many other companies are the same. Unfortunately the likes of EI is under threat because the fr pilots have, essentially, made a collective decision to undercut the EI pilots, and indeed the pilots of any well-paid company. We are all, in fr, to blame and I hope to god REPA can fix the enormous wrong we've done the profession.
If people are so unhappy with Ryanair, then leave and do something else,
Now it's the time to fight, because sure as night follows day fr methods will catch you eventually if not stopped now. What are you gonna say when the day comes when some other naive, know-it-all newbie is willing to work for less than you are at that time?
go on strike and drop the company right in the hole.
You really haven't a clue have you? Please explain this statement as it applies to a company which makes €300m+ profit per year.
And if you say anything about "The contract".......no one other then you put your name on that bit of paper.
I don't actually believe you are in ryanair if you think a contract actually means anything.
but this is a forum for putting down your opinions and thoughts and experiences, and to date,
True, but the problem some of us have is that your experiences, which you claim as definitive and slate anyone who thinks otherwise, are not typical. There is nothing rosy about ryanair, it is a sweatshop that has broken many a decent man/woman and destroyed the dreams of so many good people. If you haven't seen it yet, open your eyes. It would also benefit you to listen to what those here longer have to say before pontificating at length and giving views of ryanair that are not consistent with the experience of virtually anyone else.