Brookfielders DO NOT earn much more than the Ryanair guys and girls!!!
If you do the maths then we come out with roughly the same.
If you are a floater then yes you may fly near the 900 hrs and earn more but you spend more on hotels travel etc.
Based on the average 700 hrs/year Brookfielders take 49,000 Euro
The same for a Ryanair contract 26,000 sterling basic and 19/hr sector pay is 39,300 Sterling or 46,000 Euro. Factor into that the reliability of a garanteed monthly pay, holiday pay, sick pay, pension and the fact that you DO NOT go out of base then I would say you are better off!!
I would like to have a ryanair contract because it would suit me and my wife better to have the monthly pay whilst sitting at home on STBY, it would also allow me to get a mortgage!!