Boeingflyer - you are painting an incorrect picture of life at Ryanair as an FO. I have been permanently based at two bases in the 3.5 years since I joined Ryanair and have had four different base captains - none of which have ever shouted at me for doing anything wrong. You might get the odd example of it somewhere but it simply is not a common occurrence.
The Jeppesen plates are not photocopies. They are printed straight out by laser printer and I have never heard of anyone having a problem reading them or making an error because of them.
No one I have met is scared of making a mistake. If you do, just own up to it, speak to your base captain and it's fine (depending how bad your mistake is of course.) Even with the odd serious flying error which occurs, the philosophy is to speak to your base captain, if necessary a chat with the Chief Pilot, go back in the sim for an hour or two and you're released back onto the line after a line check and no one says a word about it again.
Wind check - you are also talking nonsense about cadets "stealing" jobs. If you are offered a jet job as a cadet, who in their right mind will turn it down? Being offered a job by an employer is not stealing. The market has changed. I'm not saying it's right, but it has changed and we all have to deal with it.
All those that talk about uniting and claiming its our own fault - please understand this is virtually impossible when you have a huge mixture of nationalities spread across 45 bases around Europe. Yes, we have accepted these terms and conditions but people should stop moaning. The Ts & Cs are not as good as 10, 20 or 30 years ago but in those days they were ludicrously generous. I still get paid a good salary to go to work about 120 days a year and fly great reliable aircraft with pleasant, professional colleagues who are good fun to fly with.
I see my future outside Ryanair and would like to leave for pastures new at some stage but I am not in a huge hurry as life there really is fine in the main, with the odd irritating issue of going out of base for a week or not getting the leave you want. How many airlines are perfect in that way anyway?