you obviously more informed than me, it was just that I was part of a conversation and was listening as I didn't have anything to input. My impression was that the aircrew wouldn't be resident but just coming in to operate their airframes which I believe would be the on the European register so it's a bit of a mess for me to understand the various legal issues. It was really to post to see if anyone had comments. Thanks for your insight.

Just took the freedom to make some changes.

You are more than welcome to that. I can see the argument that they are cheap as there is no employer NI or retirement contributions. However at €230 an hour I still wouldn't call them that cheap.

What would the plan be? To pay UK guys a high basic salary and not have them actually work? It's gross £10/hr FOs are getting and we are doing full months even as the October roster is coming out. Or as guys leave, not replace them with more employed pilots but floaters/contractors?

If it is true I don't see it surviving very long. HMRC will come knocking and IR35 will be argued. Everyone will quickly skidaddle.

They also have UK zero hr contractors. Every other day I hear about another one getting audited by HMRC.

Didn't mean to take a dig at you or your comment - I was just pointing that contractors will be always cheaper than employees (otherwise why would governments come up with that idea several years ago?

It is much more than NI & pension. Sick pay, accommodation paid when sending out of base, per diems, visas, not to even talk they discount contractors €4.5/hour to cover your recurrent sim expenses, which is part of OMD legislation, not ATO :yuk:

Then there are corporate costs savings like NI, pension, insurance, death in service etc that the company is not liable to pay you a penny. And the whole social responsibility.

Don't know any skipper that is on €230/hour (including mobile pilots), FOs are €85 or €90 so a skipper won't be more than double. But I know RYRs wet dream is to get everyone working as contractors.

HMRC has bigger fish to fry, especially now when the contractor community has dropped significantly (FOs now offered direct contract, a must if EU national being UK based due to visa requirements).

Not sure if my post was explicit enough. Further to some info from sources it's now my understanding is that the crew will fly in to the UK for anfive day work roster. Fly in first morning and then operate a European frame for next five days. Fly out on day six. Hotel accommodations provided for five days. No subsistence period. The crew only paid for flying hours. Skippers rate is €160 Hr, FO €80 is what is believed. This crew arrangement does not attract attention of any UK HMRC. Dublin, is also being targeted. Their are rumours that BALPA are concerned at this sort of move which erodes their members futures. Must say this is all third party information and I cannot corroborate any of this but thought it was the right place to air as there seems to be more than a couple of chaps who are expressing concerns.

Quick questions (again):

First, I must stress that I was approved during a recent assessment and was eventually offered a job as DEFO at Ryanair DAC based in the UK. Ground school is set for next January.

That being said, base allocation (so far) is STN but I was looking forward to changing the base to somewhere else in the UK. Realistically speaking, is this feasible? And if affirmative, at which point I should/could do this? I am already aware of the base bidding system, but I was wondering if there is another channel to settle this before I am even allocated to STN, so I don't need to change later.
Also, any idea what are the most sought-after bases in the UK?

TIA :ok:
BF

what’s your course number for January ? :)

Interested in DEC RUK , not much info on this part of the empire ,

Can anybody tell me
- the bond for non 737 TR
- the actual pay ( ppjn doesn't seem to cover it )
- the bases ( heard stan, man, edi and bfs ?)

Is it 5/4, 5/4 roster

Thanks for any gen

The floating captains are getting €222.5/hr (- 4.50 sim). If they are LTCs, they get €15 extra per hour. If they happen to be a TRE then it's another €15 extra per hr.

Floating FOs are getting €133/hr.

Fixed base contractors get the above figures minus €50/hr (no floating supplement). I've flown with floating captains this summer already so it wouldn't be new. The company are genuinely short though, there literally are not enough based captains to cover the schedule.

As for HMRC, I know of pilots who they were very interested in and are now getting audited. They took home ridiculous pay checks though.

A few pages back, someone has posted the latest CLA pay deal all agreed with Balpa. I suggest you have a look.

Thanks - found it .
122k for uk capt then .

Are you still paying for uniform ( how much ?) medicals , car parks etc ?

Hi Prob30,

As far it was told us during the assessment, there is a three-year bond for non-typed pilots.
There is no deduction per se, but for every year worked they cancel 1/3 of your debt. I think it is around 15K quid.

Regarding the bases, from what I learned, new hires are all being assigned STN, regardless of base options made during the assessment, but this is only a personal observation.

Please note this information is for RYR not RUK, might be different.

As of June, I believe Ryanair UK has four aircraft based at STN, four aircraft based at MAN, one or two aircraft based at EDI and one or two aircraft based at BFS. So you are more likely to get STN or MAN base with RUK.

You pay for everything except hotels for recurrent SIMs.

Edit: You do pay for sim hotels, I forgot, occasionally they pay for a taxi for you to/from SIM because they can't afford to have you off the line for a day DH through the network.
Thanks vpcaptain

Thanks for the info .
I remember 20 years back it was £50 to read your CV
Now it's £60 for Im guessing a psyche questionnaire

You do pay for recurrent sim hotels, have to DH to sim can’t self drive, 13 RUK 737-800’s two at each of EDI and BFS one parked at PIK rest MAN STN. BHX getting 2 next.

How many pilots is Ryanair hiring nowadays?

How long does it take from application to interview offer?

What is the interview pass rate?

Hi All,
Reading through this forum and want to highlight a couple of things;

• DEC Assessments take place weekly in STN, if you are successful you will be offered a position within 5 working days, you apply on careers.ryanair.com
• UK Captain Salary is £147k or £144k if regional (if dual licence rated)
• Basic £108,000 Allowance (uniform, parking, loss of licence, or do whatever you want with it) £6,000 A/L pay £2,897 Sector pay £14,714 (based on 850 avg hours) Pension £8,000 London Allowance £3,000 Total £142,611 Dual licence Allowance £5,000 Total inc DLA £147,611
• The psychometric assessment is provided by AON - If you successfully join a course, this is reimbursed in full
• Its a fixed 5/4 roster for duration of your Ryanair career
• For Non-Type Rated Captains it is a €15k reducing bond (no payment reductions etc)
• Loads of opps for fast track command & training dept

Hope that helps
Cheers

Any BLL based (or CPH) willing to share details/t&c’s ?

Can you explain a bit more about fast track commands.
What are the minimum requirements and exactly how fast is the process ?

send me a PM and I’ll give you a few DKK numbers