Chateau57/Cloud Bunny/YYZ - are you members of IALPA or BALPA?
They do this because they can, because we can't stand up to them. Join a union, get your colleagues to join too. Then instead of bitching about it on proon, you can direct your union to renegotiate the standbys to something more acceptable.
When will the ryanair pilots, alone of any major pilot group in Europe, learn that a union is a vital necessity?