I do not wish to criticize Ryanair pilots - I know that their operational / training standards are bloody good - they have to be I guess and I know a few trainers there that are top of the tree.
However... I get more depressed year after year as I watch a great industry which has served me well for 34 years drive pilot t and c's into the gutter and somehow we blindly accept this and the greed/ awfulness of those that pretend to manage us benefit financially at our expense.
You are right - Ryanair are not the only offenders - some of the contract pilot positions are derisory in the deals on offer and I believe agencies do not generally help the pilot cause.
We should stick together - unions anybody -but I am not holding my breath.
Safe flying in 2011