At the moment this pay deal posted and similar ones are set to be rejected, pending votes in each base. In favour of pushing for a systematic change in employment. MOL will fight such change tooth and nail, he's ideological opposed to the idea of a fair deal, it's bad for the bottom line.
Throwing a few extra k in 'allowances' is what the management consider the minimum effective dose - enough to avoid mutiny, without costing more than it has too.
Ryanair is a big player, their terms and conditions will colour everyone else's in some way, at any airline in Europe and beyond (witness the US pilots associations offering support).
I'm baffled by the people on these threads who want to call the Ryanair pilots spineless etc and sit there, waiting for them to fail.
A victory in achieving equitable terms for all at Ryanair, with a fair system of representative, would be an enormously positive thing for all of us flying in Europe.