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that’s remarkable. Staff on pay doing nothing.. that surely keeps MOL up at night.
does base training have to be done by a certain point after the LST? I.e they couldn’t delay BT until they were ready for your LT to avoid having to pay you for a few months to do nada
does base training have to be done by a certain point after the LST? I.e they couldn’t delay BT until they were ready for your LT to avoid having to pay you for a few months to do nada
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that’s remarkable. Staff on pay doing nothing.. that surely keeps MOL up at night.
does base training have to be done by a certain point after the LST? I.e they couldn’t delay BT until they were ready for your LT to avoid having to pay you for a few months to do nada
does base training have to be done by a certain point after the LST? I.e they couldn’t delay BT until they were ready for your LT to avoid having to pay you for a few months to do nada
There was a notice a few weeks ago about LTCs currently being recruited for all bases. There was a pay increase for contractor line trainers too ... some may decide to finally bite the bullet.
It is still the position that RyanAir are stepping up recruitment DEC. Massive push. They aren't interested in FO as they have no training staff available. No upgrades being initiated no matter what their denial position they take. They are failing to attract TRE, TRI and appear to believe that the terms they are proffering aren't the issue. Crazy, but that Michael at times.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
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It is still the position that RyanAir are stepping up recruitment DEC. Massive push. They aren't interested in FO as they have no training staff available. No upgrades being initiated no matter what their denial position they take. They are failing to attract TRE, TRI and appear to believe that the terms they are proffering aren't the issue. Crazy, but that Michael at times.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
Ryanair is more like a flying school nowadays. Junior FO's pushing line training. And senior FO's leaving because they won't be upgraded due to training shortages. Especially since most of the senior FO's joined when time to command was only 3-4 years. It should still be 3-4 years but DEC jumping right in front of them with no outlook of any improvement.
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sounds like problems incoming for summer 2024.
Ryanair is more like a flying school nowadays. Junior FO's pushing line training. And senior FO's leaving because they won't be upgraded due to training shortages. Especially since most of the senior FO's joined when time to command was only 3-4 years. It should still be 3-4 years but DEC jumping right in front of them with no outlook of any improvement.
Ryanair is more like a flying school nowadays. Junior FO's pushing line training. And senior FO's leaving because they won't be upgraded due to training shortages. Especially since most of the senior FO's joined when time to command was only 3-4 years. It should still be 3-4 years but DEC jumping right in front of them with no outlook of any improvement.
Training Shortage? Nahh. LTC shortage but they have good amount of SFI TRE TEI.
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It is still the position that RyanAir are stepping up recruitment DEC. Massive push. They aren't interested in FO as they have no training staff available. No upgrades being initiated no matter what their denial position they take. They are failing to attract TRE, TRI and appear to believe that the terms they are proffering aren't the issue. Crazy, but that Michael at times.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
I see competition taking a different stance with training and are at least retaining their staff.
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Im based in the biggest base in Italy. Still waiting for the new pay increase coming in march, but with 70hrs a month you can expect around 5k net, with 90 even 6k. If you get sent out of base, you can expect a bit more than that.
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At present winter time. It’s a bit quieter at RYR. Last summer was diabolical at RYR. Earlies we’re starting 5-6am. Landing after 4 sectors at 16.00 was normal. Earlier than that you had an easy day or were hitting 99hrs for 28 days. Once a week landing at 18.00. 12 hrs rest and back in again. 5 days on and pretty much didn’t see the other half apart from dinner together. Lates starting anytime from 12.00 and landing sometime 11-12 hrs later. Twice in a 5 day block I went into discretion, pushing 14hrs.
So yes while RYR you will be sleeping in your own bed days on you might not see the family. Speak with anyone with a family and the conversation usually goes like this. “What day you on? Day 5. Oh so off tomorrow. Yeah sleep first day. 2 days with family. Last day get up early/late to adjust body clock”
This coupled with pay etc is why many are leaving RYR.
So yes while RYR you will be sleeping in your own bed days on you might not see the family. Speak with anyone with a family and the conversation usually goes like this. “What day you on? Day 5. Oh so off tomorrow. Yeah sleep first day. 2 days with family. Last day get up early/late to adjust body clock”
This coupled with pay etc is why many are leaving RYR.
In summer expect frequently commuting in on lates day 1, during early, yes early rush hour for late duty (9-10am report) 4 sector days, repeated delays, frequent disruption and discretion. Those early 'late' duties ensured you still worked all your duties that week as gradually your start times are later avoiding you going out of hours. That kind of roster manipulation doing often 18-20 flights at times over 5 days is like a pressure cooker. 5/4 is most certainly not attractive done like this, it's the biggest con ever. Expect that 5/4 to feel like 6/3 or worse for summer months. Fine in winter but hell on earth at times in summer. You report at the aircraft, so all those security queues and distant car parking and bus journeys are taken away from your minimum rest time.
There are no defined early/late report times so disruption to sleep/rest is common in summer, with unstable roster and working away from base commonplace. Expect in summer to at times work into day 6 (day 1 off) on lates landing 1-3am with delays, arriving home at times after 3-4am, totally destroying day 1 off.
This will be totally unpaid and forced upon you to complete regardless of day off plans. Then plan to be awake just after 3am for day 1 early (repeatedly over 5 or 6 days), then you start to see the reality. The truth is that this 5/4 roster as attractive as it sounds, is actually very fatiguing at times, and this is why crew are leaving in droves. Let's not go there with other issues of management and Covid support enjoyed by crew over the years.
For summer, plan on having little to no life at all apart from commuting and work, then you see the reality of 5/4. Then plan on day 1 off and late on day 4 off being a total wash out, hence 5/4 being in reality more like 6/3 in disguise in summer.
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Personal opinion on this post taken from another thread, better answered in this thread:
In summer expect frequently commuting in on lates day 1, during early, yes early rush hour for late duty (9-10am report) 4 sector days, repeated delays, frequent disruption and discretion. Those early 'late' duties ensured you still worked all your duties that week as gradually your start times are later avoiding you going out of hours. That kind of roster manipulation doing often 18-20 flights at times over 5 days is like a pressure cooker. 5/4 is most certainly not attractive done like this, it's the biggest con ever. Expect that 5/4 to feel like 6/3 or worse for summer months. Fine in winter but hell on earth at times in summer. You report at the aircraft, so all those security queues and distant car parking and bus journeys are taken away from your minimum rest time.
There are no defined early/late report times so disruption to sleep/rest is common in summer, with unstable roster and working away from base commonplace. Expect in summer to at times work into day 6 (day 1 off) on lates landing 1-3am with delays, arriving home at times after 3-4am, totally destroying day 1 off.
This will be totally unpaid and forced upon you to complete regardless of day off plans. Then plan to be awake just after 3am for day 1 early (repeatedly over 5 or 6 days), then you start to see the reality. The truth is that this 5/4 roster as attractive as it sounds, is actually very fatiguing at times, and this is why crew are leaving in droves. Let's not go there with other issues of management and Covid support enjoyed by crew over the years.
For summer, plan on having little to no life at all apart from commuting and work, then you see the reality of 5/4. Then plan on day 1 off and late on day 4 off being a total wash out, hence 5/4 being in reality more like 6/3 in disguise in summer.
In summer expect frequently commuting in on lates day 1, during early, yes early rush hour for late duty (9-10am report) 4 sector days, repeated delays, frequent disruption and discretion. Those early 'late' duties ensured you still worked all your duties that week as gradually your start times are later avoiding you going out of hours. That kind of roster manipulation doing often 18-20 flights at times over 5 days is like a pressure cooker. 5/4 is most certainly not attractive done like this, it's the biggest con ever. Expect that 5/4 to feel like 6/3 or worse for summer months. Fine in winter but hell on earth at times in summer. You report at the aircraft, so all those security queues and distant car parking and bus journeys are taken away from your minimum rest time.
There are no defined early/late report times so disruption to sleep/rest is common in summer, with unstable roster and working away from base commonplace. Expect in summer to at times work into day 6 (day 1 off) on lates landing 1-3am with delays, arriving home at times after 3-4am, totally destroying day 1 off.
This will be totally unpaid and forced upon you to complete regardless of day off plans. Then plan to be awake just after 3am for day 1 early (repeatedly over 5 or 6 days), then you start to see the reality. The truth is that this 5/4 roster as attractive as it sounds, is actually very fatiguing at times, and this is why crew are leaving in droves. Let's not go there with other issues of management and Covid support enjoyed by crew over the years.
For summer, plan on having little to no life at all apart from commuting and work, then you see the reality of 5/4. Then plan on day 1 off and late on day 4 off being a total wash out, hence 5/4 being in reality more like 6/3 in disguise in summer.
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Personal opinion on this post taken from another thread, better answered in this thread:
In summer expect frequently commuting in on lates day 1, during early, yes early rush hour for late duty (9-10am report) 4 sector days, repeated delays, frequent disruption and discretion. Those early 'late' duties ensured you still worked all your duties that week as gradually your start times are later avoiding you going out of hours. That kind of roster manipulation doing often 18-20 flights at times over 5 days is like a pressure cooker. 5/4 is most certainly not attractive done like this, it's the biggest con ever. Expect that 5/4 to feel like 6/3 or worse for summer months. Fine in winter but hell on earth at times in summer. You report at the aircraft, so all those security queues and distant car parking and bus journeys are taken away from your minimum rest time.
There are no defined early/late report times so disruption to sleep/rest is common in summer, with unstable roster and working away from base commonplace. Expect in summer to at times work into day 6 (day 1 off) on lates landing 1-3am with delays, arriving home at times after 3-4am, totally destroying day 1 off.
This will be totally unpaid and forced upon you to complete regardless of day off plans. Then plan to be awake just after 3am for day 1 early (repeatedly over 5 or 6 days), then you start to see the reality. The truth is that this 5/4 roster as attractive as it sounds, is actually very fatiguing at times, and this is why crew are leaving in droves. Let's not go there with other issues of management and Covid support enjoyed by crew over the years.
For summer, plan on having little to no life at all apart from commuting and work, then you see the reality of 5/4. Then plan on day 1 off and late on day 4 off being a total wash out, hence 5/4 being in reality more like 6/3 in disguise in summer.
In summer expect frequently commuting in on lates day 1, during early, yes early rush hour for late duty (9-10am report) 4 sector days, repeated delays, frequent disruption and discretion. Those early 'late' duties ensured you still worked all your duties that week as gradually your start times are later avoiding you going out of hours. That kind of roster manipulation doing often 18-20 flights at times over 5 days is like a pressure cooker. 5/4 is most certainly not attractive done like this, it's the biggest con ever. Expect that 5/4 to feel like 6/3 or worse for summer months. Fine in winter but hell on earth at times in summer. You report at the aircraft, so all those security queues and distant car parking and bus journeys are taken away from your minimum rest time.
There are no defined early/late report times so disruption to sleep/rest is common in summer, with unstable roster and working away from base commonplace. Expect in summer to at times work into day 6 (day 1 off) on lates landing 1-3am with delays, arriving home at times after 3-4am, totally destroying day 1 off.
This will be totally unpaid and forced upon you to complete regardless of day off plans. Then plan to be awake just after 3am for day 1 early (repeatedly over 5 or 6 days), then you start to see the reality. The truth is that this 5/4 roster as attractive as it sounds, is actually very fatiguing at times, and this is why crew are leaving in droves. Let's not go there with other issues of management and Covid support enjoyed by crew over the years.
For summer, plan on having little to no life at all apart from commuting and work, then you see the reality of 5/4. Then plan on day 1 off and late on day 4 off being a total wash out, hence 5/4 being in reality more like 6/3 in disguise in summer.
5/4 is the biggest con going. Landed many times at between 1-4am in summer on to days off. First off day a write off. First time I called up asking if I get an extra day off or paid? They just laughed.
RYR the ones laughing.
I get around 2 days off less a month now however I feel so much fresher overall.
Of all the captains I flew with at RYR the only ones happy are captains that have only been at RYR and don’t know any different.
Even without overtime as an FO my salary is nearly 40% more than when I was at RYR.
We have an amazing swap system. Needed day off recently which I didnt ask for just tried to bid. I was working. No dramas. On to swaps and managed to get it off. Didn’t even have to ask the company. It’s amazing.
RYR getting a day off when you are on your working block is nigh on impossible.
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Ive been with Three other company's before Ryanair so your statement is inaccurate. For me I wouldn't go back to the other company's as I know the differences and it isn't always greener..
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I am not making anything up. I heard stories before and decided for myself it can’t be that bad. It was.
Positives I took away was the training being very very good. Can’t fault it at all.
The rest well erm………….
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DAMN . If I went and saw my my AME now after reading your post I'd lose my medical and will to live, I've been with Ryanair for over 20+ years and the reason I have stayed is the fact that I do have a life away from work and a very good one too, Home is 30 minutes away and the 5/4 works very well for me, Tired at times YES but never fatigued.( Im guessing you have no idea what so ever what Fatigue is ,Ive had fatigue once after a serious illness and the Ryanair work schedule has never come close to that)
For me it’s just seems like everyone who complain here ended up in a place they didn’t ask for and now blame everyone else except themselves..when you join any company you need to understand you work for them in order to help them to success and you should do a little more than just your rule to make it work.
I am working for Ryanair I have zero complaints, I read before I knew where I am going to work and I accept that. You don’t like it? Go and leave us alone it’s much safer to fly with someone who enjoy what he/she is doing. Stop complain all the time
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This was a reason why I left. I told them that in my exit call.
5/4 is the biggest con going. Landed many times at between 1-4am in summer on to days off. First off day a write off. First time I called up asking if I get an extra day off or paid? They just laughed.
RYR the ones laughing.
I get around 2 days off less a month now however I feel so much fresher overall.
Of all the captains I flew with at RYR the only ones happy are captains that have only been at RYR and don’t know any different.
Even without overtime as an FO my salary is nearly 40% more than when I was at RYR.
We have an amazing swap system. Needed day off recently which I didnt ask for just tried to bid. I was working. No dramas. On to swaps and managed to get it off. Didn’t even have to ask the company. It’s amazing.
RYR getting a day off when you are on your working block is nigh on impossible.
5/4 is the biggest con going. Landed many times at between 1-4am in summer on to days off. First off day a write off. First time I called up asking if I get an extra day off or paid? They just laughed.
RYR the ones laughing.
I get around 2 days off less a month now however I feel so much fresher overall.
Of all the captains I flew with at RYR the only ones happy are captains that have only been at RYR and don’t know any different.
Even without overtime as an FO my salary is nearly 40% more than when I was at RYR.
We have an amazing swap system. Needed day off recently which I didnt ask for just tried to bid. I was working. No dramas. On to swaps and managed to get it off. Didn’t even have to ask the company. It’s amazing.
RYR getting a day off when you are on your working block is nigh on impossible.
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As a person who does that for living in RYR is much less dramatic as he wrote. I completely disagree with what he said.
For me it’s just seems like everyone who complain here ended up in a place they didn’t ask for and now blame everyone else except themselves..when you join any company you need to understand you work for them in order to help them to success and you should do a little more than just your rule to make it work.
I am working for Ryanair I have zero complaints, I read before I knew where I am going to work and I accept that. You don’t like it? Go and leave us alone it’s much safer to fly with someone who enjoy what he/she is doing. Stop complain all the time
For me it’s just seems like everyone who complain here ended up in a place they didn’t ask for and now blame everyone else except themselves..when you join any company you need to understand you work for them in order to help them to success and you should do a little more than just your rule to make it work.
I am working for Ryanair I have zero complaints, I read before I knew where I am going to work and I accept that. You don’t like it? Go and leave us alone it’s much safer to fly with someone who enjoy what he/she is doing. Stop complain all the time
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Well I’m sorry I worked at an airline before RYR. I was treated much much better.
I am not making anything up. I heard stories before and decided for myself it can’t be that bad. It was.
Positives I took away was the training being very very good. Can’t fault it at all.
The rest well erm………….
I am not making anything up. I heard stories before and decided for myself it can’t be that bad. It was.
Positives I took away was the training being very very good. Can’t fault it at all.
The rest well erm………….