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2Planks 2nd May 2023 09:22

Can’t see any news regarding cancellations today at Ryanair. I don’t doubt some people move on to other airlines but it seems yesterday’s cancellations we’re all about the French ATC strike (publicised a few days ago by MOL himself) and not about a shortage of pilots.
BA also had cancellations.

zerograv 2nd May 2023 10:51

If there were any flight cancellations before yesterday it was due to the weather. It will never be because of a staff shortage.

Was it 2017 in which there was a miscalculation and by October there were quite a number of crew that could not fly anymore til the end of the year.
The flights that were cancelled afterwards were cancelled because of difficult VMC weather conditions.

India Four Two 2nd May 2023 15:34


difficult vmc weather conditions.
;)​​​​​​​

Aleks93 2nd May 2023 15:50

Not as I heard of. My friend flies there and there is no increased amount of people leaving. Most probably it was because of ATC strikes that affected everyone

flygpilot 2nd May 2023 17:01

I know a few pilots that are eager to join.
They do not have many other options.

ATC Watcher 2nd May 2023 17:07


Originally Posted by zerograv (Post 11428877)
The flights that were cancelled afterwards were cancelled because of difficult VMC weather conditions.

I love British humor :ok:

WideScreen 2nd May 2023 19:10


Originally Posted by zerograv (Post 11428877)
If there were any flight cancellations before yesterday it was due to the weather. It will never be because of a staff shortage.

Was it 2017 in which there was a miscalculation and by October there were quite a number of crew that could not fly anymore til the end of the year.
The flights that were cancelled afterwards were cancelled because of difficult VMC weather conditions.

Aha, the Putin approach?

UAV689 9th May 2023 22:35

Absolutely bucket loads are leaving, predominantly from the UK.

Senior FO’s off to the ME, BA, Jet2, VS.

Every new command is being put into UK at present.

Lots of new FO’s dropped into UK, and forced to pay visa (5k) upfront and takes about 8 weeks for Ryr to repay the cadet…

Roadshows currently taking place in Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and QR, LGW roadshow this week.

Not sure why any Brit would join FR when the terms at jet2 are so much better. The Brazilians/Argies will do it for a visa.


vilas 10th May 2023 14:31

Pilots leaving can't be true. Ryan air and Boeing can't be congratulating themselves for an order of 300 new Max10.

UAV689 10th May 2023 20:05


Originally Posted by vilas (Post 11432844)
Pilots leaving can't be true. Ryan air and Boeing can't be congratulating themselves for an order of 300 new Max10.

New aircraft will not arrive until 2027, and the last of the current max’s arrive in Dec 2024, over 2 years to ramp up.


ZuluZuluAlpha 10th May 2023 20:43


Originally Posted by UAV689 (Post 11432589)

Not sure why any Brit would join FR when the terms at jet2 are so much better.

Because Jet2 generally don’t recruit low hour pilots, Ryanair do. Pretty good starting point getting an opportunity with a UK base with Ryanair I’d say…

Steve1968 11th May 2023 14:29

Having seen a few rosters for the Jet 2 Stansted base in the last few weeks not a chance I would want to leave RYR,

CessNah 11th May 2023 14:54

Given that this is pprune I’m very surprised at the disproportionately high numbers of company oriented replies on this thread, but given FR’s recent aggressive recruitment drive leads me to believe that management bots spamming this thread is very much a high possibility :E

Alrosa 11th May 2023 15:11


Originally Posted by CessNah (Post 11433279)
Given that this is pprune I’m very surprised at the disproportionately high numbers of company oriented replies on this thread, but given FR’s recent aggressive recruitment drive leads me to believe that management bots spamming this thread is very much a high possibility :E

Not sure I’d agree with this. This website is awash with company oriented replies and it’s not limited to one company. I wouldn’t conclude that any pro company posts are management types. Just as likely to be folk who are content where they are and happy to share an alternative point of view.

I doubt any Ryanair managers would bother with pprune to be honest. Actions (or financial results) speak louder than words.

maxpeck 11th May 2023 16:57


Originally Posted by Steve1968 (Post 11433266)
Having seen a few rosters for the Jet 2 Stansted base in the last few weeks not a chance I would want to leave RYR,

What were they like? Interested to know, were they mainly long 2 sector days , night flights etc?

hec7or 12th May 2023 06:04


Originally Posted by CessNah (Post 11433279)
management bots spamming this thread is very much a high possibility :E

Foil hat alert

Steve1968 12th May 2023 18:19


Originally Posted by maxpeck (Post 11433330)
What were they like? Interested to know, were they mainly long 2 sector days , night flights etc?

Long days and random days off .6 days on and 2 off, 4 days on 1 off etc. Every one to their own but myself I have little interest whether I work hard or not in the winter its the good weather where I can spend time with the family, hobbies etc time that can never be regained.

maxpeck 12th May 2023 18:41


Originally Posted by Steve1968 (Post 11433945)
Long days and random days off .6 days on and 2 off, 4 days on 1 off etc. Every one to their own but myself I have little interest whether I work hard or not in the winter its the good weather where I can spend time with the family, hobbies etc time that can never be regained.

Ok, thanks for the information.

JimT87 13th May 2023 08:31

For an average month what does an FO expect to take home

Big Tudor 13th May 2023 08:49


Originally Posted by Steve1968 (Post 11433945)
Long days and random days off .6 days on and 2 off, 4 days on 1 off etc. Every one to their own but myself I have little interest whether I work hard or not in the winter its the good weather where I can spend time with the family, hobbies etc time that can never be regained.

Don’t do 6on2off, nor do they do single days off, except in very rare circumstances.


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