It's off the subject re: unpaid leave,but just an observation Jason.
After line training (lets say it's 150 hours) the next 350 hours will be paid at €45* pbh. That comes out to €15750, then the remainding 400 hours at €70* per sbh = €28000. So assuming you do 900 hours in your first year from base training (which is highly unlikely at the moment) then from the day you do the 6 circuits, the absolute most you can earn in year one is
€43k.
Year 2 is a bit different, 900 hours x €70* per sbh is
€63k.
The only way that you'll earn the figures they tell you at the Cadet open day is to fly 900 hrs per annum and on a roaming Brookfield contract. You might
expect £60k after line training, but you wont get it.
*I've deducted the €5 ph for sim training and this is based on someone who trained with the old Ryanair training contract.