If you are happy now with FR....enjoy it. As for "if you don't like it you can always leave"syndrome, well it's been said many times before on here, what's happening at FR, and it's happening, will follow to the rest of the industry.
Well if
enough people who are hacked off get off their ass and leave maybe Ryanair would have to change their attitude?
Only not enough are leaving. Why not? Maybe its because on balance they are content to stay? (Mmm.....Options in the UK??????)
A few years ago hundreds of pilots left Easy over a relatively short span of time which is the real reason they looked with some seriousness at the rostering issues. Whinging about it from within had NO effect.
Ryanair are practical. They make no pretence at being 'nice'. In my experience that's how nearly all companies are despite the pretence of being 'caring'.What they offer is good rostering and quick progression(or immediate in the case of Captains) to good money.These two things are in fact what many experienced pilots care about the most.
Find me an example from any company where the senior guys lost major benefits by supporting junior colleagues and I'll show you the average pilot mentality. Sad but true.
Cynic or Realist? Probably both.