Depone, my situation is typical of a pilot that is employed by Ryanair. It is not typical of a pilot working at Ryanair but employed by an agency.
Just to clarify, at Ryanair there are two pilot groups. One group are employed by Ryanair, have employee privileges and are in a minority. The other group - the majority are employed as contractors through Brookfield etc and only get paid by the flying hour.
This is not a situation I agree with and only posted on here to give further insight into why some pilot are perfectly happy flying for Ryanair and others are not.