Not many "old farts" doing the training in Ryanair these days (probably all gone to Emirates). Check out the link below from the careers section of the Ryanair website and see how rapidly guys are promoted to a training position.
I joined Ryanair in 2003 as a cadet with a total time of 200 hours........
then:-
After upgrading and achieving 500 PIC hours on type I applied for a Type Rating Examiner (TRE) position. I am now a Type Rating Instructor/Type Rating Examiner and a Line Training Captain
500 hours PIC in Ryanair can be as little as 6 months.
Here's the link in full - judge for yourselves.....
Careers in travel - Pilot Recruitment
