lol
Its not changed for the better.
FR deal is you pay around €33,500 for a 737-300/800 type rating and provided you pass it you get base training, provided you pass that you get line trained, provided you pass that (around 80sectors normal) you stay on as a contract pilot to Ryanair through a company called brookfield, you pay for all you accomidation and food ect while doing the type rating then once doing line training and you are released from the safty pilot (spare F/O) you get €35.50 per schedualed block hour of flying, then €55.50 after line training compleate, then €70.50 after 500hours on type then €78.50 after 1500hours on type. (command time is 2900hours but that may have changed on new contracts?)
There is no guarantee of hours but expect a yearly average of 600-750 based on most F/O's average, work 11 months a year with an extra 10 days holiday to take as and when.
You have to set up a limited company in Ireland useing one of Brookfields accountants who charge you 3% of your wage to do your tax return that is paid in Ireland no matter where you live!, its all fairly easy if you fill in all the forms they send you and save every reciept you can to offset against tax!
down side should they no longer require your services they just dont roster your to fly and you get no €€€! also no sick pay no holiday pay no LOL no uniforms you pay your own airside ID and medical,,, basicly everything is paid by you, so save reciepts eat well and stay fit so you can fly, now have 39 bases at last count? expanding in Portugal Italy and Spain so likly to be based in those places, But people still be sent to other bases in UK too and Leeds opening in March.
Plus side all the free hot water you can drink! plus many many other things but ill go go into them on here as its been discussed to death.
Hope that is usefull.
ZTH