Most non Union protected Pilots have to cough up the cash for the sake of a quiet life.
Notice here that Carmosine's use of the word "pilots" demonstrates that this happens more than once/often/frequently etc.
Pulp Fiction I have a first hand account of the incident I mentioned.
I'm not going to go into further details as they would be personally identifying.
In his reply you'll now notice that Carmosine alludes to just one incident. Therefore he was originally trying to generate the impression that everyone who leaves the company is treated in an illegal manner. This is total rubbish. And if it's not a complete lie then it is certainly a misrepresentation of the facts. You don't hear FR's version of the events, just a totally biased pilot's point of view, from secondhand information passed onto him by someone with an axe to grind here. (Yes, of which there are many, most just like Carmosine who went along with €20,000+ in their sticky little hands to pay for a type rating, maybe not to FR but to Bond, and then moan and groan about what they are left with, i.e., Ryanair's terms of employment.)
I'm really not claiming that everything is as it should be when you resign from Ryanair, we all know of crew that the company has tried to screw with notice periods, bonds etc., leave not being allowed to be used towards notice periods and so on. If you work here then unfortunately that's what you come to expect.
Aloue, good to see that you have crawled out from under your stone to comment on yet another airline that you have neither never worked for nor know nothing about apart from what you read here. The above post does not mention "typos" completely changing notice periods or bonding arrangements being re-drawn, simply that notice periods/bonds are strictly adhered to with no room for professional negotiation or a bit of leaway. You have taken this quote completely out of context as it was a reply to some muppet who was asking how to resign from a company and needed to get real.
I work at Ryanair and, no, I don't think that it's the best company in the world, far from it, but you either get on with things and try to move forward or you just sit and whine on this website. In the work place I do not criticise those who pay for ratings but I genuinely feel like, "Well what the hell did you expect when you began an industry out of payng for your job? That your long-term prospects within the whole industry would improve as a result of your actions?" But pilots paid and now we have what we have; I just can't stand to read their constant moans here after the event
Finally, PulpFiction, you have made a serious accusation about IALPA. This is a new departure for you. Are you just using the anonymity of PPRuNe to throw more “misinformation” around, or do you have an explanation?
I do indeed have an explanation, Aloue. Ryanair is now much bigger than any other airline in Ireland by a long way. IALPA are totally frustrated that they are not recognised by Ryanair, their very existence could depend upon it. Believe me it is not the other way round. Certainly if FR get a hold of Aer Lingus, then they'll cease to exist with any power whatsoever. If therefore they can't get into Ryanair via the front door then they can start a campaign of misinformation to frighten the workforce into joining them. Unions always spell the same things, taking care of themselves first and protecting the top 10% of the pilots on a seniority list, they are as deceitful as any Ryanair manager and will happily spill biased propaganda for their own ends, irrespective of how it will affect you.
Aloue, I could go on to start a defence of myself here and bring in another airline who is far worse to work for than Ryanair but as you and your pals sprang to the defence of the guilty last time I'm not going to waste my time and effort. What does puzzle me, however, is why you are always so ready to defend them and yet always so ready to criticise me. You accept their total bu11sh!t so readily
And please don't dare bring up the anonymity of Pprune, you of all people
when did you last put your own name to a post? Hypocrite.