Originally Posted by
TangoAlphad
MOL is trying to convince experienced crews to stay. They have an ongoing issue with losing their experienced pilots. Even though the Ryan air business model is a constant training model, they cannot replace experienced pilots fast enough. That is going to be the Ryan Air Achilles heel if they want to grow. Other airlines are simply offering better T&C. MOL has cut Ryan Air's expenses so deeply that they have nowhere to go except to offer better pay to retain crews. The 10K bonus is a one-time expense and insufficient to attract what they need IMHO.