Flypuppy, thanks for going to the trouble of contacting FRA HQ etc. to obtain the facts.
Type ratings with no gauranteed job that you have to pay for is a pretty sore deal which I do not condone. I guess though that if people are out there willing to do it you can't blame Ryanair for doing it. As a shareholder I think its a great idea.
Fingers crossed it doesn't become and industry standard.
I think we have established that its a crappy deal. Hopefully though people may now also see that as a pilot Ryanair can be a good career. A point often missed admist all the Ryanair Bashing that one finds on these forums.
I would also point out that Sir Michael Bishop in the last major recession of the early 90's was also in the business of offering 737 type rating courses which came attached to some vague promises that graduates would be assessed for entry at British Midland.
Quite a few paid for the rating at British Midlands training centre. Very few were taken on. As I remember it the cost was something like £15,000.
So Ryanair didn't invent this practice.
They copied Sir Michael.
Which of course is legal, above board and caveat emptor.
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