David, you have previosly posted your start date a Ryanair, October 2010. If we take 8 weeks for type rating and ancillary courses that means you started line training in December, 6 months later you had your prefered base.
I had no idea the Potugese summer was during the rest of the Northen Hemisphere's winter!
Son you are talking bull. Be careful what you write, it may come and bite you on the ass.
On a side note, Ryanair pay you £41,700 gross for 700 hours a year.
Jet2 give you more and are recruiting, so much for Ryanairs high pay claims...