I can assure you I won't be reverting back to unemployed status, the future is bright for me, I'm in the latter stages of moving to a national carrier.
Anyway the thread has gone far off track now, so I'll withdraw from our conversation to allow it to regain its original purpose.
And if you think airlines are going to block Ryan air pilots from jobs, then I'm afraid that ridiculous. In fact checking BAFPP for fun, one the case study pilots is from guess where - Ryan
Apologies everyone for detracting from the thread.