I still can't get my head around the fact that you have to pay to be paid.
Perhaps a comparison is in order.
My last year at Flybe, as a 5 year captain, I averaged about 30 hours a month. 400 hours in the year, give or take.
I grossed over 70,000GBP or E83,000.
From what I can work out at Ryanair as an F/O I would have earnt E36,200, 30,850GBP, using half the hours at the standard rate and half at the higher rate.
For a Ryanair captain it would be E53,600 or 45,678GBP
Okay if I work more than that I'd earn not much more but if I worked less I'd earn not much less either, and I don't have to pay for anything ever.