RyanAir "Age experience"
 

Hi all!
. I want to bring to your attention my experience,
mostly useful to me having an opinion or consideration about that.
The facts are these:
In December I made a new application for Ryan Air.
At the pathetic age of 43 years, ou
I have tried it yet, perhaps out of desperation , as a cadet,
consider that I have a job and I started at 38 years my career as a atplfrozenpilot.
In February I was contacted via email. I
admit that it seemed rather strange because the age.
Checking my online application, I actually noticed that the age and some residence data(old) were wrong, as far as the age of 6 years younger.

My fault. Then ,after sending the CV to Ryan, which instead contained the right age, I had the second email from cae where I was told that he had been sent to the Ryan Air because it was attractive , for feedback.
I sent the CV and explained in the email the mistake I had made during the application.
In the next email I was asked a passport copy.
After submitting it, I received the day after the "Thanks for partecipating" classic email . It was clear , i think , that the problem was the age, as evidenced by the fact that they asked for my passport explicitly right after the CV.
What I do not understand, beyond the fact of trying to get as cadet at age 44 my side, it is why they continue to write:
.... 2 Date of Birth - (Not over 65)

Thank you.

I'm having similar experiences with almost all applications. It's the 21st century and people are living longer and staying healthier than ever before. There are people in their 50's and 60's running marathons, there are people in their 40's to 60's studying for degrees and changing careers, yet in aviation you are still considered past it and unable to learn quickly enough beyond a certain age. 40 is the new 30 ? not in the aviation world it seems. If I was failing at the interview or sim stage I could accept that, but to not get the opportunity is the frustrating part. :=

With regard to Ryanair. I know three instructors, all with similar experience who worked together, who all applied about a year ago. The two in their 20's were invited to interview, and subsequently got jobs. The third in his late 40's never heard a thing.

I however know a 40 year old that was recruited with Ryanair.

i know a guy who was 38 when he was recruited

I know few 35+ guys who were accepted as cadets, but they all were working with the company as cabin crew for 10+ years. Ryanair may accept "older" cadet as an exception, but generally they prefer young people, because they learn faster. Ryanair quite desperately needs captains, but if one starts late, then it takes few years for an upgrade, and then how many years is left to work as a captain? RYR have loads of applications from cadets to chose from, so "not over 65" is kind of to show that nobody is discriminated or for experienced pilots

That might be true in a few cases.
They prefer younger candidates because its easier to manipulate them and to move them between different bases at short notice.