Yes he's having to pay 30k euros for his type rating, but by the time he's 50, he'll be a Captain with 6000hrs on the B737.
Talking of counting your chickens before they hatch... A tall order to know what will happen in any airline in seven years time and that is not even opening the Ryanair can of worms here. There will be a lot of rain before then and
The airline industry will go up, down and sideways several times in 7 years
Ryanair will go in any direction provided is down for pilots and up for managers
A command course may or may not turn up, he may or may not pass his command assesment/course/line check... he may or may not be able to move to Kazakstan to take the post