This is your teenage pilot speaking: 19-year-old is offered job at Ryanair
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This is your teenage pilot speaking: 19-year-old is offered job at Ryanair
Teenager offered Ryanair job set to become one of youngest airline pilots ever | Mail Online
Daily Mail have far too much time...Still good on him I guess.
Daily Mail have far too much time...Still good on him I guess.
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This is your teenage pilot speaking: 19-year-old is offered job at Ryanair
Shouldn't the press release be corrected - offered a 'contract' costing EURxxxxx?
Or have Ryanair changed...
Or have Ryanair changed...
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...and the typo of the year award goes to....
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Duesseldorf....."
...thats if it was a typo
he is thrilled by the prospect of lying passengers to more than a thousand holiday destinations
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Duesseldorf....."
...thats if it was a typo
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The article says that he was offered a job with Jet2, pretty damning for them that he chose Ryanair! Still, good luck to him; he's clearly spent many months, perhaps, even years saving up paper round money to pay for all that training.
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You're right, he says Ryanair, "got back to me first." Guess that means he would rather have gone to Jet2. I guess that you wouldn't expect a 19 year old to be very diplomatic and this one is no exception.
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Well at least he'll have his illusions shattered at an early age giving him plenty of time to change to a better career. The reality of flying for Ryanair will soon turn the dream into a bit of nightmare. He obviously has access to plenty of money so it won't be a problem.
Having spent all that money at the 'prestigious' OAA you might have imagined he would have more choice than have to buy his seat in Ryanair.
I wonder where they'll base him, somewhere far from home no doubt.
Having spent all that money at the 'prestigious' OAA you might have imagined he would have more choice than have to buy his seat in Ryanair.
I wonder where they'll base him, somewhere far from home no doubt.
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A friend of mine joined Ryanair at 20 I think. He seems to be quite happy with his job 2 years on.
I think the reality is that if we all had the opportunity to start flying straight after school, we would take it... but instead we start criticizing those that make it because their family's finances allowed for it to happen much earlier than most of us. Jealousy is cruel mistress
I think the reality is that if we all had the opportunity to start flying straight after school, we would take it... but instead we start criticizing those that make it because their family's finances allowed for it to happen much earlier than most of us. Jealousy is cruel mistress
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blablalblalblablabla, how much do you love talk about bu****it?
this guy simply complete a training course, he get lucky, he pass a selection which the 70% of the person DIDN'T, and now will start to be payed for his professionalism....buy the rhs seat in ryr.....nightmare....and blablabla...there is somebody envious?
keep calm and try to give the same committment of this guy.
this guy simply complete a training course, he get lucky, he pass a selection which the 70% of the person DIDN'T, and now will start to be payed for his professionalism....buy the rhs seat in ryr.....nightmare....and blablabla...there is somebody envious?
keep calm and try to give the same committment of this guy.
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exactly! in my course we are almost all from 1990,89,88,87...the average seems to be 23! but i think nobody can't blame a guys just because he realized his dream...come on!
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Bearcat, I'm thankful for my life experience outside of aviation, short as it was. I'm not jealous of the mountain of cash he's had to throw at Ryanair to get a "job" and I wouldn't envy anybody "working" for them.
I enjoy flying with FOs who can talk about something different they've done prior to flying.
I enjoy flying with FOs who can talk about something different they've done prior to flying.
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Lord Spandex Masher, I dont see anything nonsense about that unlike fulminn. I agree, additional skills, knowledge and experience may make you a better pilot in the end compared to anyone who left school and ended up in the airlines immediately... although having said that I know I wouldn't have turned down that opportunity to fly from an extremely young age.
Really? I am aware of one other guy who wasn't sure that the job was worth the cost of the TR. Howwever, the guy I mentioned was talking to me about maybe getting into the left seat at some point with Ryanair, and also stating that it's really not as bad as people make out.
Interestingly, all my friends who joined FR are desperate to leave a few years down the line.
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If you join RyR at 19, would you really be bothered where you got based? If far from "home"!
That's normally not a major issue for that young people, certainly would not have been an issue for me that time!
Actually the further away from home the better! That's probably why I ended up in Hong Kong!
That's normally not a major issue for that young people, certainly would not have been an issue for me that time!
Actually the further away from home the better! That's probably why I ended up in Hong Kong!
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Fulminn, been flying for long have you?
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Let's be honest and fair, it is a good start, and it will pay the bills!
There are worse deals out there, unless you get in with the BA program, this is probably the best start you can have at 19!
There are worse deals out there, unless you get in with the BA program, this is probably the best start you can have at 19!