I have several colleagues that I completed CPL/IR training with that went to Ryanair, and I feel that they are now years ahead of me in their flying careers.
It all depends what you define as years ahead. For those that have had the chance to work their way up through instructing and turboprop flying then at the start of your career, it does set you apart from those who go straight onto a jet.
It is interesting to note but I can always tell the difference between those F/Os that have come straight onto a jet and those who have done prop and/or instructional flying!
Never mind relocating to Aberdeen since if you were with Ryanair then you could have found yourself based on the continent and a lot farther away than Aberdeen is!
You may regret your choices that you have made to date and when I was on a prop and others that trained with me went straight onto jets then it often provoked some thought. However after a few years on now I do not regret it in the slightest!
