I'm a permanent Ryanair FO UK based. I was a cadet 5 years ago and was recruited as a contractor. I asked for a permanent contract over a year ago and got one. Take home pay for me varies between £3600 minimum and £4300 Maximum. At the moment I'm quite busy so I'm netting just shy of £4000. Roster is 5 on 4 off fixed. Annual leave is one calendar month paid and two blocks of 5 days which wrap around the 5-4 to make two blocks of 13. At the moment I'm in the command process and with a bit of luck and providing I put the required work in I will be a 737-800 captain before the year is out. I've never had any major problems over the years and I enjoy doing the job. The summers are quite hard with lots of 4 sector days and the winters have its own challenges with some of the less desirable places that we fly into.
Lazydogg, Can I ask you out of interest what the details are for a Ryan perm contract? I have never known anyone to have one and PPJN has no real details on it. I was wondering what the basic salary is and how much extra you make in flight/Duty pay. A take home of over 4k a month is well over 70k a year, which makes it one of the best paying FO jobs in the UK and something that might actually be of interest to me.
Also is this contact ever given to "new Joiners" along with a UK base?