Well all I can say is FR are one of the few Airlines that send a Load Control Trainer to new Handling Agents and train usually very experienced LC's and FC's in manual Loadsheets etc.
Really? not at my station...
As with most stuff, we're trained to do FR load sheets by someone who doesn't do FR themselves. After initial training, go 8 months without doing a single flight, shadow 4 flights then get rostered to go live
To be fair, Ryanair load sheets aren't all that difficult. As long as you can add and subtract (or should I say, have a calculator on you) there's nothing too taxing about it. The difficult part is trying to coordinate the turnaround while doing the loadsheet, when its -15c outside, icey on the apron and pitch black
Not sure about other stations but where I work, the company will not pay for anyone to stand outside to 'watch' the pax, other than the dispatcher. We're expected to coordinate the turnaround, supervise the off/onload of passengers and complete the loadsheet all at the same time
