How much does a Ryanair and an EZ pilot make (say entry FO and CPT) ?
How much hassle is each airline in terms of legs per year, short nights, holidays, etc... ?
Do they offer staff travel fares ?
The idea in the rest of Europe is that Ryanair is a much worse airline to fly for than Easyjet (not to mention British Airways) and many pilots want to stay away from it and are confident that as soon as the market will go up again, no pilots will ever want to fly Ryanair aircraft anymore (work conditions, bases, CEO's behavior, salary/hour, salary, social security, pensions schemes, etc...) In short, they feel Easyjet could be a nice airline to work for as opposed to Ryanair which looks more like a health and private life breaker.
Reading at your posts, it all seems a lot more complicated...Please, provide as much info as you can.