There are no minimum hours for us in RYR, and everyone who flies for the company knew this before they joined and still chose to walk the road to their door. To see at as imperfect is understandable. To complain outright about it is a little silly.
Absolutely. Ryanair will continually change the demographics to suit themselves, you are an afterthought. 300+ cadets a year will continue to be processed through East Midlands and CAE Amsterdam and the company is no longer growing. Today, I am told, the worst place to be in Ryanair is within the 500 - 2000 hours on type experience bracket. You are absolutely no use to them whatsoever. Unless you are a fresh out of the wrapper cadet which costs them next to nothing, a SFO with >2500hrs voicing a willingness to upgrade, a current skipper or a potential DEC then welcome to wilderness alley. Life isn't fair, but who told you otherwise? Was it Brookfield with their 800 hrs a year/4 years to command/life in the sunshine on a 5/4 bullsh1t?