Working as a Ryanair Ramp Agent

The Witches Cat

Hi all. Apologies if this is in the wrong section.
Was hoping someone might be able to give me info on what its like to work as a Ryanair Ramp Agent.
Any info greatly appreciated
Thanks

Shamrock841

I was a Ramp Agent with another company so I'm unfamiliar with working for Ryanair (although we did handle them). It's shift work basically, very early starts, late nights, weekdays and weekends. When a bag is checked in by a passenger it goes down a conveyor belt to the "beltroom" where bags are loaded onto individual trollies, now when I was working you were either on the belt for the shift or you were outside on the ramp, being on the belt inside in the dry was heaven on a typical wet windy day. Then all the baggage for a flight is brought out to the aircraft and loaded by hand, you climb into the hold which is tiny, I'm over 6ft so it was a challenge to move around on my knees in there. Its noisy cold and wet in winter, in summer it can be roasting inside in the hold whilst your lugging 150-180 bags in a tight space. Personally i enjoyed the work, a love for aviation helped of course! Hope this helps you

billie1b

If you start with Ryanair now you will be on split shifts, 6am to 10am then 2pm/3pm to 7pm/8pm, or the nightshift 8pm to 8am, the baggage hall is all permanent staff now, unless the need a/l covered or someone is sick its highly unlikely you'll end up in that hell hole.
The days are basically similar but no 2 are ever the same, somedays you will have 1 outbound and 4 turnarounds, others you could have 1 or 2 outbounds and 6 or 7 turnarounds. You work on a teamof between 3 and 5 each day, 1 team leader and 3 or 4 ground agents, your basic day is setting your stand up for your aircraft arrival, marshalling the a/c, chocking it, putting the rear steps up, checking the back cargo hold, checking the front baggage hold, putting up the wompo to the a/c, offloading the inbound bags from the a/c, one lad then drops themto the baggage hall to offload onto the arrivals belts, the lads that stayed at the a/c will then load and count the outbound bags, load any buggies and wheelchairs and add to the count, lock up the hold if the count is correct. You then remove all equipment from the a/c and set up the tug and tow bar with the tug driver, wait for the team leader to finish the laper work, the a/c will lock up, each ground member will then do a last walk around to make sure the a/c is secure, you then wait for push clearance, on pushback you will do wingman or headset man, if wingman you will disconnect the towbar and connect it to the tug and walk back to the apron, if headset man you will be co-ordinating the pushback with the Cpt, after the push is finished you will disconnect the nosewheel pin show it to the Cpt and be the last to walk away from the a/c or if the tug driver waited you will drive away.
Pretty easy job, you get used to the shift and knowing what days off you have in advance, the weather can be crazy but if your like me, I prefer to be out in any weather rather than sit in an office/shop/building all day.
You can PM me if you have any other questions

The Witches Cat

billie1b wrote: »

If you start with Ryanair now you will be on split shifts, 6am to 10am then 2pm/3pm to 7pm/8pm, or the nightshift 8pm to 8am, the baggage hall is all permanent staff now, unless the need a/l covered or someone is sick its highly unlikely you'll end up in that hell hole.
The days are basically similar but no 2 are ever the same, somedays you will have 1 outbound and 4 turnarounds, others you could have 1 or 2 outbounds and 6 or 7 turnarounds. You work on a teamof between 3 and 5 each day, 1 team leader and 3 or 4 ground agents, your basic day is setting your stand up for your aircraft arrival, marshalling the a/c, chocking it, putting the rear steps up, checking the back cargo hold, checking the front baggage hold, putting up the wompo to the a/c, offloading the inbound bags from the a/c, one lad then drops themto the baggage hall to offload onto the arrivals belts, the lads that stayed at the a/c will then load and count the outbound bags, load any buggies and wheelchairs and add to the count, lock up the hold if the count is correct. You then remove all equipment from the a/c and set up the tug and tow bar with the tug driver, wait for the team leader to finish the laper work, the a/c will lock up, each ground member will then do a last walk around to make sure the a/c is secure, you then wait for push clearance, on pushback you will do wingman or headset man, if wingman you will disconnect the towbar and connect it to the tug and walk back to the apron, if headset man you will be co-ordinating the pushback with the Cpt, after the push is finished you will disconnect the nosewheel pin show it to the Cpt and be the last to walk away from the a/c or if the tug driver waited you will drive away.
Pretty easy job, you get used to the shift and knowing what days off you have in advance, the weather can be crazy but if your like me, I prefer to be out in any weather rather than sit in an office/shop/building all day.
You can PM me if you have any other questions

Thanks for that. Pm sent

arsenalia1414

Hi Im not sure if this is the right place for this question, I am having a group interview with sky handling partner , I am wondering has anyone been to these kinds of interview? and what sort of questions will they be asking and how do you generally prepare .. many thanks!

lukehudson94

Hi was just wondering what are the wages like as a ramp agent with ryanair?

billie1b

€10.75 p.h