By the way, I am a contractor at Ryanair and have had a pay rise in the last year when signing a new contract. Once again you're wide of the mark. The amount I earn is perfectly acceptable to me and allows me plenty of opportunity to put money into a private pension.
Ok so you had a payrise in € or £ which looks good initially, but if you take a closer look at the contract as a whole it is much more likely it is a pay cut.
It is almost impossible to understand the true implications of some of the clauses without being a taxation or legal expert and without spending countless hours to find out what each clause actually means.
I would say you are a minority thinking like that skyflyer737, i work for the same company.