I was vey surprised considering what I understand the current situation at Ryanair to be but a friend of mine asked to come back to Ryanair, the answer was " we do not take people back'.
I don't know if it was just him but he was an experienced 737-800 captain.
@kungfu panda From my understanding this very much used to be the case.
Tunes seem to have changed amid panic however they are asking a lot of people to come back. I even know of one gent who rang up asking! madness!
Having left within the last year I (and others) received a call from HR asking:
- where we went
- if are we happy (straight away asked about salary and then onto conditions)
- what do they need to change in ryanair to keep people
Her hilarious instant reply to what needed to change before I had a chance to speak was "is it the treatment by management?". Think she had been making a few calls that day by the sounds of it.
Queried this surprisingly nice (must be new I said. She told me she was) lady why they were ringing me asking this and she flat out admitted it was to find out why so many people were leaving and they need to fix it. Openly told her everything they needed to fix. 20min phone call.
Wouldn't give me a number for amount that have fled because she claimed she didn't know but that there was "a team assigned" to this investigation task working backwards through those that had left. However when I left there were 300 working their notice, averaging about 100 leaving per month, and from inside from a few mates I've heard 700 have left in the last rolling year. Unconfirmed of course but everything is there isn't it.
The only worrying thing about all of this is 700 "cadets" in 2014 and 850 in 2015 from what I've heard. And the people returning. I'm sorry but while 5/4 is great it's not worth it for what you put up with. And anyone who has left should know that. Look at the amount who have left and most people who aren't on one of the old good contracts are looking at any opportunity to get out.
Leopard. Spots. Etc.
Don't get absorbed by the hype.
Once they're over this temporary crewing hurdle it'll be back to the same old O'Leary fueled crap.