ok ihav2fly been on a trip just saw your reply how about you work for a company that makes people pay for their interviews etc and then their type rating! now you will say market forces etc but come on. what about when you convert from 200 to 800 and you have to sign a non reducing 8k bond oh yes and we can move you to any base we like with 7 days notice! they say if you do over x hours a day its £185 sector pay or x hours its £135 but they base it on the unrealistic shedule not what it actualy takes again you will say thats still alot of money but they just turn it to their advantage. how about 15 pilots having done 1100hrs in 11 months not an issue now but it was then. one mate put in for leave told not for next 6 months then gets allocated some he doesnt want. crew food is good i hear. i have never said that fr was a bad company but only said you get treated badly and that is some employees opinion. in the moon this weekend i have been chatting with some of your collegues about our posts and they all said they became pilots to travel and nightstop see the world etc and once they have their commands and a few hours will apply to the majors. so once again qatar would be their choice!

Congrats stagefool- 5 posts so far based on total ignorance!
Pay for interviews- gets rid of non-pilots,affects no fr pilot,
its only £50 so big deal for a 60k-100k job
and has no effect on how fr treats 'us'
£8k bond for 800 - no problem, caused by a few deserters 2 year
ago. I signed for it, no sweat.Aint leaving
so no effect whatsoever.
Move base in 7 days- bull! Notice of 4 months for new milan base
slots already filled due to OVERsubscribed
mainly by F/OS being promoted, and good
luck to em. REally bad treatment stage/f!?
Sector pay changes with hours- rubbish! U do 4 or 6 sctrs, no
changes in rate by hours.
Unrealistic sched? Untrue, most on time airline for years. Beating
easys ontimes every week, check their web
15pilots do 1100hrs? Total figment!
No leave for 6 months? Totally untrue
Crew food is good? By far and away the stupidest comment ever
No crew grub on Fr we get xtra sctr pay to
buy our own.Much better system!
Once ur 'friends' have commands their off to the 'majors'.....like...
let me see Qatar who have 13 a/c (6x320, and 7x300s) and oh..
1.5m pax!!!!!!
I think stageidiot that u and ur 'friends' who clearly dont work here, probably just wannabes would fail the basic intelligence test
Try 44 a/c and 15m pax, growing like gangbusters,great pay,great rosters,big options,rapid promos and brand new 800s
if u want a real 'major'. Oh s##t thats Fr ....stagefool idiot!
Fly4fun - my original advice stands, make ur mind up based on facts and what u want, but ignore fools like s/f cos facts are strangers to him and his so called friends!

ILUV2FLY YOU LIVE IN A DREAM WORLD! i fly for fr and stagefright seems pretty acurate with his info! ps i had 1020 in 11 months!!

I was amused to hear some one say after a few years of command they would move onto a major carrier!! What major carrier I might ask as there is not one that is likely to be able to offer what a Captain in RyanAir has, if you go overseas there are very few expat companies left and you have to join at the bottom of a seniority list where not always your number even if ypu have one carries any weight and remember you have no employment rights overseas and a certain length of contract is meaningless and you can be got rid of at 3 months notice with no reason given ie Cathay and others.

What about the little wife if you have one if considering Qatar? Likewise if you have children then schooling is a big consideration. Boarding fees overseas will devour all your salary these days,requiring accommodation at your homebase being available as well. Where will the kids go with all these half terms and exeats??

Remember the climate in Qatar is v hot and not everyone can cope with that.

We Pilots sometimes choose the job we prefer without any thought about what the rest of the family has toput up with,which I plead guilty to!!

Qatar Airways always were a bunch of scrooges but maybe they have changed though God knows why they should with the surplus of Pilots these days.

I know nothing about Ryan Air ,only travelled on them once to Dublin and had to hang on tightly when taxying aircraft at great speed tp make I assume the tight schedules!! As someone said a 35 year career at this pace sounds absolutely awful,such is the public demand for cheaper and cheaper travel . I know of no other service which gets cheaper and cheaper year on in,and all at the cost of Pilots quality of life !!