Our problem working for Ryanair is excactly summed up by previous poster:
there are large numbers of FR pilots who stay because they are quite simply well inside their comfort zone and just can't be asked to put up with the upheaval of moving.
All I want to add is, if you still don't understand how a company can manipulate you. Then try to imagine how a human brain works. If you're told something verbally, you compare it with your own rationale, if you see something written, you believe it, 'cause it's legally binding.
Then consider this...: You have moved to your new base together with your family. And then...They want to move you somewhere else, or try to force you to become a Linetraining Captain, or try to force you onto becoming a contractor. Whatever has been said/promised verbally/written is no longer valid, and your management doesn't care weither you take them to court.
You're treated like the Paria cast in India.
What would YOU do??
You wouldn't believe how many "breach-of-contract" -stories I've heard of.
So, to all you guys still insinuating it's our own fault....
You do not fully comprehend.