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Pilots' Detailed Payscale- please state whether payscale is before or after tax (pension, per diems and brief payscale are listed further down the page)
Effective from:		Listed pay rates are: (yearly, hourly etc)
Currency:	(click here to use the currency converter)	Guaranteed hours: (if applicable)
Addtional notes:	Mobile pilots operate from any of the four UK bases. Stansted rate plus extra £30 per scheduled block hour to cover hotels and travel.

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Brief Payscale (please state whether before or after tax) (please ignore if the detailed payscale above is up to date)		last update
Capt top	Up to £163,847 from April 2025: £114,000 basic. £8000 "allowance". £2897 "annual leave" payment. £22950 sector pay (assuming 850 hours). Additionally: Pension matching £8000. Dual licence allowance £5000. London allowance £3000.	19/Aug/25
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FO top	Up to £93,647 from April 2025: £59,500 basic. £7500 "allowance". £2897 "annual leave" payment. £12750 sector pay (assuming 850 hours). Additionally: Pension matching £3000. Dual licence allowance £5000. London allowance £3000.	29/Aug/25
FO base	Junior FO £53,000 basic. Otherwise the same as FO.	26/Mar/24
SO top
SO base	£39,000 basic. £8500 sector pay (850 hours).	26/Mar/24
FE top
FE base	SFI (synthetic flight instructors at Stansted, East Midlands, Dublin, Bergamo, Madrid, Krakow. Up to £108,365–111,365 / €98,197–111,243.	3/Nov/25
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Additional Duty Pay / Per Diems for Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs		last update
Capt	£27 per scheduled block hour.	21/Dec/23
FO	£15 per scheduled block hour.	21/Dec/23
SO	£10 per scheduled block hour.	26/Mar/24
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Pension Details for Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs		last update
Company matches contributions up to Captains £8000, FOs £3000. Must enrol into Standard Life pension, not default NEST pension.		3/Feb/25
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Conditions for Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs		last update
Roster	5-4 for line pilots. BCs weekends off and every other Friday/Monday	1/Nov/23
Leave	4 blocks of 5 days wrapped around 4 off equals 4 blocks of 13 off in a row. 8 ad hoc leave days and Christmas Day automatically allocated as Leave.	1/Nov/23
Staff travel	Jumpseat on all RYR group aircraft (including Lauda) to snd from place of abode. Unlimited standby for yourself , partner, kids under 21	21/Dec/23
Discounted holidays	Option to give 6 standby tickets per year away to people outside partner and immediate family	21/Dec/23
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Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs Situation	last update
Current Situation:
UK/DAC terms exactly the same.	1/Nov/23
Outlook:
50 Max aircraft arriving by June 2024. Max 10s scheduled to arrive 2027.	7/Jan/24
Overall Hiring Situation (+ve/neutral/-ve):
Positive	7/Jan/24
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Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs Entry Requirements (including preferred pilot schools)	last update
Captain
Limited number of DECs being recruited both rated and non rated.	7/Jan/24

FO
Non rated FOs being recruited (lots from FLYBE Blue Islands and Stobart). SFO contract issued on date of joining. Type rating bonded. 15k euros reducing by 5k for each year of service.	7/Jan/24

SO
Cadets being recruited - SSTR .	7/Jan/24

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Recruitment Process for Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs	last update
Practice aptitude and psychometric tests here.
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Fleet	last update
Current:
More than 100 B737-8/MAX	3/Apr/24

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Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs Recruitment Contact		last update
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Bases For Ryanair UK/DAC Pilot Jobs (including restrictions for recent pilot school graduates)		last update
STN LTN BHX EMA BOH PIK EDI MAN LPL NCL LBA BFS (click to look-up airport codes)		21/Dec/23
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