@ Jetpipe

Forgive my ignorance of the subject, but does "I got through" mean you are then offered a place on a TR course and a contract, or just that you passed the sim and MAY be offered a place...?!

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30Jan - Ireland - Ryanair - Recruitment freeze from April 2013

...:mad:

Ryan Air Interview
 

I will soon be applying for a position for flight crew with Ryan Air, I will be doing some time on the 737-800 sim to get aquanted with the cockpit and am studying a book that contains over 1000 technical questions that could be asked.

If anyone would have any idea of the type of questions asked during Ryan Air Interviews it would be a great help. Is there any particular area that they ask questions about?

Any info would be brilliant.

If you read previous pages, you will find everything!

Hi Vale,

Been reading through the previous pages, goes from one extreme to another, from tech questions to how many seats on the a/c. will keep on going with the studying and just keep my eye on the site. Good luck

I also read that the Ryan Air cadets will stop after April 2013. Can anyone give any info on this!!! PLEASE

good luck to you...but is a bad moment... :(

cscan8973
I also read that the Ryan Air cadets will stop after April 2013. Can anyone give any info on this!!! PLEASE
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Yes it is true, some of TR courses have been already cancelled... don't know what happened to these cadets. Anyway, in your contract for type-rating there is nothing to bond RYR to give you job, it is only TR contract.

FO's are leaving RYR with lower rate than was expected = no need for recruitment.

RYR is actually highly overcrewed (FOs), on some bases pilots have around 40 hours per month + worse Storm contract = very low salary. Every contractor has 1 month off per year unpaid ...

TR + additional costs (uniform, IDs, living costs for 6 months, commuting, etc.) = EUR 40.000 ...so be ready for that and have big financial reserves!!! You will have to pay for your line training (166 sectors) from your salary and salary is being paid when safety pilot is released, after approx. 2 months after License skill test at the end of typerating (depends on base).

Everyone should have Irish CPL licence before the end of the typerating. JAA licence conversion costs EUR 380 and TR endorsement costs EUR 260. Check IAA website.

Most of the smaller, southern and newer bases are on 5/3 roster during summer, so commuting home is sometimes difficult (routes are not operated daily) and during winter, half of the routes is not operated at all (seasonal), so you need to pay for air tickets with different company or go by car.

Be ready to undergo 5 and 10 years criminal and employment/study history check with no unconfirmed gaps. Verified by external company (..and paid by the pilot of course :D )

Hope it 's helpful..

What he is saying isn't true, so it hasen't changed that much i reckon. In the contract it states a minimum of 66 sectors linetraining, and you certainly don't pay for it, you get payed. You only start to get payed after safety release, but that like you said, only takes a few days.

- And btw, about the cancelled courses, it's future planned courses, not current ones, so it hasen't affected current cadets, only the career of those who plan on joining Ryanair in a couple of months!

It is true, your are paying for line-training EUR20/sbh deducted from your salary, it is stated in the contract. And yes, sorry for the mistake with (1)66 sectors, it's minimum, average is around 90-100 sectors.

Where exactly have you two heard that FR will freeze cadets in April? I can't find a reference to it online.
Is it a rumor or confirmed? Do you mean that CAE / Interviews will stop in April or no new TR course after April?
Why are they still doing assessments if TR courses have been cancelled?

They do assesments because its revenue... FR TRs cancelation confirmed via internal website.

I read here the notice.

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In some bases FO are flying 20-25 hrs.
Apparently the cadet intake for 2013 will be less than half of 2012, and no more applications from April 2013...

For the safety pilot release it depends...minimum is 12 sectors, what I heard is because FO are flying so few hrs some ltc tend to release cadets a bit later in order to give the opportunity of earning something to the local FO's doing safety pilot.
that's a rumor!

But nobody have been called at momento for assessment...

from pprune maybe ;)

Lot of nonfactual info again on this page, misinterpreted or on purpose.

pay during LT -20€, after safety pilot release, which is somewhat between 8-14 sectors for most of the guys. Minimum sectors for Linecheck is 66, average in the last months for most of the guys 75.

After basetraining, the 21days rule applies, until the first sectors have been done. Since last november, most of the cadets were scheduled for 1 week - 4 sectors average, to meet the 90 days 3 t/o - ldgs requirement so that the 21 days rule does not apply anymore. Multiple cadets have been on the ground after their first sectors from 5-9 weeks. After that, reasonable amount of sectors, which should complete linetraining for the majority of the cadets in 1,5 - 2 months after 'recommencing' the linetraining.

Internal memo explained the outset of this years recruitment plans. some things from that: less than 200 TRs scheduled for this year, not all have been filled yet. No more applications accepted after March

When did you applied the program??

They are incredible...

Did you do the training with Oxford?

@ Pirrex: I've sent you a message :)