I too was up at STN a few weeks ago for a DEC interview/assessment. Found the day was run as good as is possible for these kind of things. I work with/know quite a few ex/current Ryanair guys so have been able to do a lot of 'research'. Starting to wonder if the company is on the turn and could be a good place to work for over the next few years. Those of you in the industry long enough will remember the days when Easy were seen as
and Ryanair as the place to be. I know of at least one guy who left Virgin to go to Ryanair in 'days gone by'.
One thing is clear is that they have to sort out their crewing issues but as has been mentioned, give the right bases/contracts and people will stay.