JPHIL68
The difference (for the moment at least

) between Ryan & Easy is at least following your training @ Ryanair you are given an open ended contract not merely seasonal.
Unfortunately, you will in all liklehood only be employed as "a contractor" , which throws up (

) a whole lot of other problems, and if this year is a foretaste of things to come, you will probably spend a month ( or several ) next winter with no pay. Same sh1t different flavor I hear you say, and indeed who am I to contradict such an erudite observation.
solo si 2
Unfortunately, try as I might, I cannot contradict your cynical but entirely accurate assesment of this profession in 2009. It is finished.