Ryan has some really good people running the show. They've always tended to pay a little less then everyone else though. They hired me for my first flying job in the early eighties. I went from 300 hours time to 6,000 and captain in a 1900 in 5 years. Like the rest of the operators up there they've had their share of fatal accidents. There's a reason they only recently got passenger service back.
If I ever went back to flying in Alaska I would go back to work for Bering Air in Nome with Ryan Air being my second choice.