Ryanair - Wannabes & Recruitment

[Lola3]

Ryanair

Hi Adele - thanks for your reply. I have my doubts about joining Ryanair but I also look at it as a 'stepping stone' to a career as cabin crew. It will provide me with experience and if after a year or so, and if I have enjoyed it, then maybe I will apply to a bigger and better airline.
I have started completing all the paperwork so I guess I have to wait and see what happens!

Have you applied to other airlines?

[adelejbradley]

I have only been to one interview with jet2 and didnt have a clue what to expect, i wasnt organized, i didnt get through, no wonder.

But it made me think god, i actaully dont really have a chance there was 60 people there some of them had cabin crew experience. I know what the job entails of and i know its hard work but more than half of the people at the interview probably just thought it would be great to be an air hostess, as most people think cabin crew is a glamorous job.


It is a very hard industry to get into, to be honest i havent attended any other interviews apart from that one. I am currently doing a cabin crew home course, and i first aid course and will be applying to a lot of airlines soon as completed both courses.

But the thing about ryan air is i have heard that its a bit of a scam, someone had told me, which i dont know if i believe but its put me off completely.

They told me that it is a really easy airline to get into, they have a very high turnover of staff, you have to pay for your own training bla bla bla and all the rest. But they told me a friend of theirs had a job with them, they were told they had a 3 year contract, which was cut after 6 months as they LIKE NEW FACES, so in the end they ended up owing ryan air a bit of money, and they told me it was a money making scam, i dont know how true that it is.

[Lola3]

I know what you mean about people thinking that working as cabin crew is a glamorous job, but the reality is that it's not - unless maybe you work for BA or Virgin etc, then possibly more so.

Good luck with your cabin crew and first aid course.

I am taking a big risk by going ahead and taking part in the course and potentially working for Ryanair. But sometimes taking risks can have good outcomes and results. And I'll learn from it whatever happens!

I have still got loads of questions that need answering but I guess I will have to contact the recruitment agency.

[CP Fox]

Hey Lora.

Just to let you know i am currently working for Ryanair at the moment and have done for the past 3 years.

Yes it is a low cost airline and you don't get the stop overs. but Ryanair is a good expanding airline to work for. You get quick promotions to CSS or a trainer that you would have to wait 10 years for in BA.

The Money is good as well once you get a Ryanair contract and as long as you try not to be off sick for the first 6 month or turn up late etc then u will get a contract i am sure.

We get a pay rise every year for the next 2 years. Next year we will have a larger basic pay than people working for BA.

[CP Fox]

Just to inform you. That Ryanair does offer a 3 year contract thats gets extended after u go on a Ryanair contract. People that have there contracts terminated are the ones that get sacked because they never come to work.

So the comment that was made is not true

[Lola3]

Hey CP Fox,

I'm not quite sure who this comment is for, as you put 'hey lora' but anyway I would like to say that I found your comment interesting.
Like I said in my previous post, I am starting the training course with Cavok (Ryanair) in september and any info would be much appreciated as I have heard a lot of unpleasant and negative things.

If you don't mind answering some questions, please let me know - as I have got quite a few and would like to be informed as best as I can before the course.

Thanks.

[tonker]

How are Jet2 in trouble. They own their own aircraft, have hedged their fuel until winter 09 at $80 a barrel (Ryanair $150 a barrel)and have made a profit from year one?

[Lola3]

CP Fox

Hey Dude or Dudette???!!!

I'm fine thanks - getting through all the paperwork and training pack - phew!!!

Do you know how I sort out accomodation after my base is assigned?
And also accomodation while I'm doing the training?

How long have you been working for Ryanair?
Is the holiday entitlement after 6 months of employment?

Thanks for the info, any help, support or advice will be much appreciated.

[DELTABOY]

Ryanair Cabin Crew

Hi Folks, I'm looking to apply as Cabin Crew with Ryanair at STN. Are there any FR Cabin Crew here who could let me know what the roster patterns are like & how many sectors a day are usually rostered?
Also, what is a realistic net take home salary per month. Any info would be much appreciated.

[Abusing_the_sky]

You might be doing your training in STN but at the end of the course you might not get the first choice base i.e. you want STN but you get Dub or EMA. But then again you could always transfer.
The roster is 5 earlies on, 2 off, 5 lates on, 3 off. The money are not that good when on Crewlink/Workforce contract however once you got your Ryanair contract you'll be fine. As a No1 i take £1500 plus monthly (after tax). It's hard work and you must be prepared to do that. Unsociable working hours, rare w-ends off, being called of stand by at any time during the day and so on.
Hope this helps.

Rgds,
ATS

Also, the usual roster is for 4 sectors a day, say your base, somewhere in Spain, back to your base, somewhere in Italy, back to your base. But then again you might have 6 sectors on very short flight i.e. Base (uk)-Inverness-Base-Belfast-Base-Dublin-Base. Very hard work but wish you well if you do decide going on the training

[DELTABOY]

Thanks very much ATS for all the info. Out of interest do Ryanair have an age limit as i will be 41 when i apply. I only ask as i have travelled FR on a few occasions & only ever noticed very young cabin crew.

[Abusing_the_sky]

I am not very sure about the age limit Delta but i assume at your age you'll be fine. I have Ju's turning 37yo and they got through so 41 would be ok i guess. Check out the website or ask Crewlink or Workforce or St. James just in case. I am sure you can find their contacts details on the website.

Rgds,
ATS

Let me know how you get on

[DELTABOY]

Thanks again ATS

[JulietNovemberPapa]

We all know cabin crew are safety professionals.

Could someone please tell me what FR teaches you regarding selling in-flight products and services? Do they train you to help increase sales?

Cheers.

[skywatch77]

So many other better airlines out there. Don't bother with this rubbish. Why not do something better for yourself. You deserve better and are worth more than what Ryanair could ever give you.

[DELTABOY]

Skywatch, please keep your bitter feelings to yourself about Ryanair. You don't know me & what is best for me. I have my own personal reasons why i wish to apply to Ryanair. Besides when you look around the airline industry today, there ain't a big difference anymore. Its all hard graft now wherever you go with 4 to 6 sector days & most shaft their employees too, its just a fact of life!

[Virginia]

Well good for you but even in the current climate you can do a lot better than Ryanair

6 sector days, crap pay and no prospects. Why put yourself through that, could earn more working in a supermarket.

[DELTABOY]

Virginia, Again i really do not see a big difference between FR & say BMI, Flybe or EZY. To be honest i haven't found a single UK short haul airline apart from BA LHR (although thats now looking dodgy!), that offers more money than working in say Tesco full time. Its all multiple sectors & netting about £1200 per month wherever you go, which is the same as what FR offer. There really is no utopia airline out there, everyone bitches about their company & is fed up to some degree with stuff, thats life. I also like the solid 5 on 2 off 5 on 3 off roster pattern which sounds ideal to me, i can plan my life more, plus i get to sleep in my own bed at night! No min rest night stops with a bunch of people you don't particularly want to be with after a long day I am infact an ex flyer who has worked overseas & for several UK airlines operating both long haul & short haul & have been out of it for about 6 years now. I've kind of done the pretentious bit with so called 'glamorous' trips & partying to the early hours. I just want to go to work, do my job professionally (with a no nonsense company that doesn't take any crap from its customers) & get home, end of! I guess plenty of folk would think 'how the mighty have fallen' to now be looking to work for FR but i see past all the image crap & i'm really not that proud! cabin crew is cabin crew, it is what it is & not alot more! Not sure if i agree with the 'no prospects' you mention. FR promote suitable cabin crew very early on to SCCM plus with their constant expansion i would be surprised if you couldn't move on into other areas not that i particularly want to.

[andycool]

just a tip..

Sorry, but I have been a n1 for a couple of years in FR, and can assure you that apart from good friends I made at the time there's nothing else than loosing precious time when you could assure you a future for you and maybe your family one day. Ryan is only good for pilots thats all! try Easy jet far superior they also pay pension scheme according to different countries.

[andycool]

Beside... if someone say there are no differences between companyes I will tell you that a n1 in Ryan is payed about 2000 euros (when we used to fly 50000 hours a year) in Easyjet is payed about 3200-3500 euros! That could be a difference.................................................. .....plus pension scheme...................................................... .....................