I'm currently a 5/5 BRK floating FO. I'm very early 20s, got nearly 2000 hrs flying 100 hours per month - mad keen and really enjoy it.
Maybe one day it'll wear on me, but I am a little disappointed to see so much animosity between all of us who share the same airspace. I try and be as professional as possible to represent my trade, and hope I'm not looked down on after I climb into a 738 blue, yellow & white jet.
I do understand where a lot of the anti Ryanair campaign arises from, and some points made are valid. But understand why as a whole the Pilot group from Ryanair stand united against (please don't misconstrue this for pro BALPA) various onslaughts, it is a good place to work. Nice new aircraft, I flew one today that was 3 weeks from production line, really friendly people to work with daily, great training department and a promising early upgrade and possibilities of further advancement to your CV with TRE, SFI, LTC and base captain positions always being offered.
Finally from a financial side of things, as I said I fly a lot, I get 100.5 euro per hour, and last four months I've done 400 hours....I'll let you calculate. I've paid my debts off already and I'm looking forward to a good future here.
This isn't a invitation to a pointless fight, I just thought I'd share my experience so far. Take it or leave it!!
All the best