Where the gripe is bordering on an abuse is where the contractor(?) is then rostered at a couple of days notice to report at a non-normal base way across the network. They start with an early so need to make convoluted A-Z travel arrangements the day before, which is rostered as a day off and no duty. No duty time, no pay, no costs. Is that honest & correct? This to me is the real issue: can this travelling really be non-duty and not accounted for in collective duty time?
RAT5,
That is a completely different scenario. That's not commuting at all.
Having said that, is this common practice in Ryanair? A friend of mine was moved to a different base only once in five years. Still not ideal, but, well, he knew who he was working for!