The salary is NOT £147k. Annual leave, pension etc absolutely are not ‘salary’ when comparing to other places. A fair comparison for other carriers is about £125-£130K. And big caveat is that only the basic is set to keep rising over the years, albeit not by much. That ‘allowance’ thing, pension etc etc are all frozen so will reduce in value pretty rapidly.

Roster pattern is good, but that’s about it. Way way way better off money wise going to J2, or if you need to RYR to get some hours then J2.

Oh here we go.

Adding on the pension when no other company in any industry does that. Jeez

Nice side track of the FO pay which is below par.

You can't complain when a company wish's to portray itself as competitive, adding all the benefits as part of basic salary however is not really fair. Fortunately we have posters who will call this out and it's a plainly obvious tactic. The one I would take issue with is the reference to, fast track command. Certainly I have knowledge that in the UK the shortage of FO's is seriously holding up internal,command opportunities. Do not believe that fast track is anything but false promise. I know of guys and gals with thousands of hours all over 4, that have not a chance of command. DEC is the way they are presently filling the large number of holes. The cadet program is planned to fix this issue eventually, but it's a few years off, before command upgrades go back to anything like normality. Do not be misled. It's all a pipe dream FR sell but on the other hand they do serve our aviation industry with opportunities.

Any plans for Ryanair to start taking UK licenced cadets?

I would say the shortage of conmanders dwarfs the shortage of FOs in the UK

You absolutely can complain, and we’ll continue to do so :E

well again you may have more accurate information than I possess, however I onky speak fir a small number I expect, but do have solid contact that maintain that Lack if experienced FO was a major concern for FR. I can see this situation being the case if you look over the situation firvthe past few years, covid impacts and competitive recruiting that has been evidenced. Jet2 and sand pit is and has been making holes in experienced crew retainment.

Hey guys, if there is anyone based in Spain that is willing to share some t&c's figures would really appreciate it! Thanks anyway

Greetings everyone.

Would Ryan Air hire with 800hrs frozen ATPL (13 ATPL exams completed) for FO positions? Also, do they have a base in Bucharest? Lastly, is the FO salary really 70k Euros?

Thank you

Yes there is a Malta Air base in Bucharest.

The requirements are clearly defined on the website, so go there and see if you fullfill requirements for DEFO otherweise there is the Cadet roles.

Salary varies depending on the contract and country your in and experience levels but an employee SFO would make 80.000€+ although with pension etc included.

I wouldn't imagine pilots are forced to work for RYR

you are so wide of the mark with your command upgrade comments, speak to anyone in RYR and there are hundreds of command upgrade opps, this year we will be promoting upwards of 450, no other airline in Europe is doing those command numbers, direct entry is supplementing the commands, ask anyone who has ever worked for RYR and they will tell you that the CU programme is second to none, what other airline can you join at 19 and become a Captain at 23? likewise high hour DE FO's, they can move quickly into the left hand seat once they have completed a winter/summer season, i am only giving you facts here, i am not here to argue with anyone.

iamryanair is correct in that with the correct experience and 12 months in the company and suitable sim grades the opportunities for command are there.

There is no seniority to get in the way and it’s a pure meritocracy. If your suitable and good enough your on the course.

What can be a reality is many new entry’s find 12 months in they are not ready for command upgrade but that’s not the same thing as saying the upgrade opportunities don’t exist.

Ps I agree with those that say Ryanair can sell itself any way it wishes. I didn’t realise there were rules about that.

Anyone who comes to the assessment gets all the facts and no one forces anyone to join or the 6500 pilots who already have.

Don’t see why everyone gets on their high horse because an allowance is portrayed in a certain way or not.

People are big boys and girls and can read and decide what they like or don’t.

I can only believe because it’s Ryanair and because they don’t conform to some preconceived way of how things should be done. Surely no one is surprised Ryanair do things differently.

Ultimately if the money or roster is not competitive or people believe there is an underhand way of explaining the financial package people won’t join.

From what I can see people must be able to work these things out because there is no shortage of people attending assessments and signing up.

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Just curious Antonio Montana, how old is old enough and how much life experience do you need to be a airline Captain?

Can you be more specific for all aspiring 20 something year olds out there.

I always worked on if your good enough your old enough rule. But hey maybe I’m just old fashioned like that.

Ps meant to say the Irish Aviation Authority, Civil Aviation Authority, Malta CAA and Polish CAA, can’t speak for Airbus crowd all think a 23 year old with 3000 hrs is sufficient for what it’s worth.

Hi Ptflyig,

I got the spanish base and T&C; still working on the 'take' home numbers as taxation in spain is not yet clear for me. All the numbers are in gross and in Spain you get some tax exemptions under some conditions.
You could PM me for more details.
If more established Spanish base F/O's around maybe they could help us with some tax clarifications as with no tax exemptions i might end with 3000 Euro/month take home with 70 hrs flying, and way less then that in the 3 months off.

hey guys, anyone knows if the alcohol/drug test at crewlink is just urine or also blood?

Thanks a lot Lazyturtle.

I got your message, but I cannot reply due to your inbox is full.

Sorry I dont use pprune much but some limitations apply apparently. Should work now if not ask here if there is anything else :)

If this is something you worry about you have potentially chosen the wrong career.

Agree with above poster who replied to you. I hope it is only because your afraid of needles :)

I have no clue how Crewlink do it if they are responsible nowadays but many companies actually do neither, they take a cut of your hair. This can go back many months, over a year, and trace for illegal substances…

I am mate, but not with the result! Just with the giving blood part, it's a struggle

they do both so buckle up, it's a tiny amount though so nothing to fear really

Hey yo

Considering a ryanair UK position. What would the pros and cons of a ryanair UK contract over a DAC one? (I'm eligible for either)
Is a Ryr UK contract available in all UK bases?

thanks

AFAIK , RUK only available where G reg aircraft are which seems to be STN, MAN, EDI , BFS

There adding BHX 2 aircraft soon to Ryanair UK

All uk pilots are on the same contract, be it RUK or DAC. The BHX RUK base has been put on hold.

Hey mate, i sent you a PM a few days ago, not sure if you got it! I sent you my contacts for us to talk

ok thanks all. So makes no difference which AOC your on? Assuming same routes, same job in effect.

out of interest why is bhx on hold?

Same job but different routes. RUK primarily does those flights than cannot be done on an Irish AOC. UK internal flights, flights outside the EU (Morocco, Norway, Ukraine before the war).

Hi all, anyone here on an Irish contract? Considering DEC but purely for more time at home. Would have to be ORK or SNN bases for me or I'd be away the same amount or more on half the salary. What are the odds of getting these bases at present. Can you be dual based? What is approx. take home for line cappy year one in ROI? I have seen all the info above but seems to all be UK based GBP stuff. Must really love my kids after reading everything above and still fancying this!

Very much dead-man's shoes in ORK or SNN i'm afraid. At least it was when I was there, people were waiting years for LHS spaces in both.

Thanks for the info. I thought it would be that way. Not many options if you hail from Southern Ireland. Final query, the A/L allowance? Is that seriously the money you get if you forgo all your annual leave entitlement? WTF. I was under the impression that you would max out on hours at Ryanair and have to take time off at some stage in the year anyway. For someone unlucky enough to want to earn this (not me, time off > more cash always) would they then be forced to take this time off as leave at the end of the year in that case anyway. Seems very dishonest to include this and pensions in headline salary but as long as it is well explained I suppose they can do what they want.

The A/L allowance is what you get paid on the days you have leave, not in lieu of days you don't take

Ah okay thanks for that. I had that wrong in my head. Makes it a little better.

I would say apply and see what you can get. It's a well known fact that direct entries skip the base transfer queues. I still think SNN/ORK as captain would be very difficult but what's there to lose in applying and seeing?...

Current SNN/ORK captain basic is €100,000 (+3,000 each Apr 2024/25/26) plus €43.01/SBH

Annual allowance is €6,000 (taxed at 40%)

Dublin is the same except it's €44.22/SBH.

If you're into LTC it's an extra €16,000/PA (-40%)

I see you get a £6k allowance for uniform etc ,
Do you pay for parking at STN and if so how much would parking and uniform take out ?

I think I heard colleagues saying STN was actually free parking, but don't quote me on that, it's normal to pay at most bases