From your source:
From flight crew:
"pilots working in the company be it 1 month or 15 years now have to pay all expenses whilst being converted from the 200 on to the 800. They have to pay their own transport (including airfares - as they are off duty), food and accommodation for the duration of their conversion training 4-6 weeks and during line training. And also sign a 2 year bond.
I never had to pay for any of my training once I was hired. I bought some training (Citation ATP) prior to getting hired.
Paying for training is pretty bad, I agree. However, everytime you see some dolt wearing a "Will Fly For Food" T-shirt you can understand how they get away from it.
Also bear in mind that they will not be paid sector pay whilst training either - this will bring the cost directly to the pilot of over 4000.
I have no idea what "sector pay" is but it sounds like they're getting a double hit on pay in this deal.
What other company would send an employee away for training and expect them to pay for their own transport, food and accommodation on top of all the other annual expenses now incurred.
Just about every flying operation that thinks they can get away with it. Lots of the commuter lines do it here.
They have reached a new low in employee relations"
It's been some time since employees were viewed as assets. They are now viewed as liabilities. This leads directly to "new lows" in employee relations.
"Contracts within Ryanair arnt worth the paper they are printed on. The company changes the terms as they see fit and if you dont like it you can leave. Its a disgrace. The ONLY thing that drives Ryanair is its persuit of the almighty dollar. A business should care about its employies Ryanair doesnt at all. All they care about is that they are cheap. We (Flight Deck) have have veiled threats as to what will hapen if we
In this, Ryanair is EXACTLY like every other airline right now. It's why the Unions exist. The only thing worse than a Union is ..... no Union.
Any contract is only as good as the Union's "Contract Administration" committee. The company will always try to cheat; you have to be willing to take them to Grievance and Arbitration on every single violation or before you know it... you have no contract.
So, again, I see little difference in Ryanair and all the rest at present.