Ryanair Interview and Sim Assessment (merged)

[NikB]

OVT,
Best of luck with your results...any pointers?has anything changed as compared to the previous threads of this thread?something to look out for?
Thanks for the info and best of luck again
N.

[Ovt]

Thank you NikB,

I'd say that the assessment hasn't changed at all. Same questions, same requirements in the sim session...

I hope you guys get the call

[NikB]

tu tambien amigo, muchas gracias por la info
N.

[pacrion]

Ovt, may I ask you a question. was first time interview with ryr? good luck

[Ovt]

Yes, it was.

Thanks pacrion

[atalanta89]

Anyone going to Stansted 30th June for the interview?

[joshua87]

Hi all,

I got invited in august to do the Ryanair assessment. I am currently working as a F/O on the Dash 8 with around 2000 hours.

Is there anyone else recently invited for the assessment with experience? Do you get a different offer our do you start with the same pay as an ab initio. Is it possible to get another date for the assesment as i am not able to go on this date.

I am very tempted to go as it is the first jet operator who invited me. I dont see my self moving up in aviation if i stay where i am now.

[NikB]

Hi all
One thing i was wondering, what are my prospects of being hired if i have had an aviation incident at the beginning of my flight training?am i doomed and wasting my time???
Any input will be much appreciated

[VJW]

NikB - Apply and find out.

joshua87 - once through line training you'll be on the highest FO money as you have +1500 hrs on JAR 25 aircraft. You'll then more then likely be fast tracked to command with once you have 1500 hrs on type. You need 3000 hrs total, 1500 JAR 25 and 1500 on the type. Most FO's meet all this when they hit 3000 hrs as they've been in RYR from the start, however you'll have 3500 hrs before being able to upgrade. Pretty sure that's right and you won't be able to upgrade with 3000TT of which only 1000 is on type.

I've not heard of experienced FO's being hired in a while, especially as the website still currently states, "Please note we are not accepting applications for Non 737 Rated Captains or experienced First Officers at this time."

Strange one!

[waveydavey]

Does anyone know at what point you start getting paid if you are successful? I see the type rating is 6 weeks - is it after that that you earna wage from them, and how much??

[NikB]

VJW i already have the assessment coming up in a couple weeks, i was only wondering if there's anyone on here who's been hired with an accident/incident report on his record.
Thanks anyhow

[VJW]

Ok - well guess it depends on whether they ask you and whether you mention it or not

Good luck anyway

[Mikehotel152]

I see the type rating is 6 weeks - is it after that that you earna wage from them, and how much??

After the type rating you will be rostered for base training, which is when you and a number of other cadets practice landings in a Boeing 737 up at Nottingham. It may take 2-3 weeks for this to be scheduled and completed due to a lack of available aircraft and suitable weather. Or it could happen within days of finishing the type rating.

After base training you'll find out your line training base. You may have to wait a week or two before you start flying. Then you have 25 or so sectors unpaid training because you will have a safety pilot sitting behind you monitoring and making sure you and the Captain don't screw up. You can expect to have a safety pilot for about 2 weeks, possibly longer if your roster is fairly empty - this could happen if your base only has one line training captain.

Once you're safety pilot released you'll start earning money, but won't get paid until midway through the next month.

So, basically, you won't get a cent from Ryanair until at least 2 months after you complete your type rating. And then it's 35.5e an hour.




Edited to correct a typo regarding levels of pay!

[zerotohero]

VJW

Pretty much 99% sure you are mistaken about the pay scale there, it used to be hours on Jar25 for payrise then it changed to Ryanair JAR25 hours for pay scales!

so start at the bottom and work up same as everyone else

stand to be corrected but pretty sure its in a contract of a new joiner I have kicking around on my hard drive somewhere in black and white.

[zerotohero]

Here we go,,,, now 100%

* Hours are defined as those attained flying Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Hours which a co-pilot has gained on previous JAR25 aircraft are not applicable.

straight out of a mafia contract.

[zerotohero]

WaveyDavey

You start getting paid once you are safety pilot released, which is average 20 sectors so around middle of your 2nd week line training

type course from initial week doing dangerous goods etc is about 10 weeks then base training then line training so expect about 3 months from day one until 1st paid day then its a month in arrears so could stretch to 4 months before you see your first €!!!

its a tough time if you have commitments like a mortgage etc and some guys are so broke its been known to find F/O's sleeping in there car in the airport car park! sad state of affairs for whats viewed from the outside as a golden career!

think long and hard about a position as more and more guys starting are saying why the F*** did I do all this work for this S*** in some Sh**hole a thousand miles from friends and family spending all my money on commuting and living where I don't want to be!,,, its a long 4 years to command and semi decent money and that is likely to get longer now with no more deliveries after next year and not many at that.

but it is nice in the blue at FL380 when its all working nice

[VJW]

Zerotohero, if I was mistaken - then it's because I'm going by what my contract says. I didn't realise it was different, I'm on the older BRK contract pre McNamara. I had friends on my type rating go onto the +500 hrs payscale straight out of line training having had experience flying JAR 25 biz jets etc.

Thanks for putting record straight.

Am I still right with regards to fast track to command? With 2000 hrs Dash 8, he'd need 1500 on RYR JAR 25 and then be able to apply for upgrade would be the case on my contract.

[minimumunstick]

Let's put an end to this once and for all:

quote from brookfield FAQ:


As a First Officer how many flying hours do I need in order to be considered for an upgrade to Captain?

You will need a minimum of 3000 hours JAR-25 (737) time and also you will need to have been operating for Ryanair during one complete winter season. The minimum time for a newly recruited experienced First Officer to be entered into the command upgrade programme would be 7 months.

[zerotohero]

minimumstick

The figures are wrong but also right

there is errors in the contracts and its writtain twice differently in the same ryanair upgrade document

you need 1500 JAR25 and 3000TT

it does say 3000 JAR 25 in there but that is 100% wrong, I am currently looking at a command course in the very near future and I have 3000TT and 2300 Boeing as got some instructing hours on light stuff before.

[zerotohero]

2.2 Entry Requirements

You must have at least the following flying experience before you will undergo CU training:
2900 hrs total time
1500 hrs on JAR 25 type aircraft
500 hrs on B737-800 in Ryanair