And how many of those "thousands of hours" would you be using to pay-off your hyper-expensive Ryanair Type Rating?
I managed to pay off my Ryanair TR within 1 year.
Now all I have to do is make my way through the massive CTC-Screwing over and I'll be debt free. I just wish this news was coming through when I 'graduated' from CTC - it's certainly encouraging and a great ray of light for the industry.