... I've read elsewhere that around 100 pilots have been leaving a month ... ?
So, if the net requirement is for 1,000 pilots, it seems as though they are talking about having to recruit over 2,000 pilots in the coming year ... ?!
I appreciate that pilots can't continue to haemorrhage at that rate, however it does show that my previous Post has some relevance insofar as attitudes are going to have to change with MOL et al in order for the stigma to be first overcome and before substantial improvements will be realised.
Other Threads indicate that Ryanair isn't the best deal, so where are all these experienced type-rated pilots expected to come from ... ? Not the UK it would seem ... ?
Oh, and then there's the Sword of Damocles hanging over Ryanair's and its Agent's corporate heads in the form of ongoing tax investigations. Now that will put many pilots off. A friend of mine who flew for them said years ago: 'I'm a UK pilot working for an Irish airline based in Spain, let the tax man try and find me ...!'. Well that tax man does seem to be using best endeavours to unravel that tangled web - and in the case of the HMRC and IR35 regulations it will indeed be difficult for pilots and their employer to convince them that they can be 'substituted' in accordance with the regulations.
Interesting times ahead and, as MaverickPrime has suggested, time to buy an extra large tub of popcorn ...
Let the story begin ...