I think Ryanair pilots need to keep pushing for European wide representation instead of negotiating at the base level. Ryanair will keep dangling a bigger and bigger carrot in the hope that individual bases will accept an offers, they desperately want to avoid a unified work force. As already stated, it should be the same deal for all pilots across the network. I think until that happens, people will and should keep Leaving. I didn’t know that the base level deals were not legally binding, in that case it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. Good luck to all the folks at Ryanair, I hope you get the pay you deserve!
As for social security in Spain, I’m no expert, but I know it’s a tiered system, the more you pay into it, the more you are entitled from it.