just been on 5live ryanair might star to charge a £1 for...

Cumbrian_Male

It's very nicely diverted attention away from the intended article of scrapping check in desks.

nico26

Cumbrian_Male wrote: »

It's very nicely diverted attention away from the intended article of scrapping check in desks.

I know at our local airport baggage handlers have already been paid off.

dealsearcher

nico26 wrote: »

I know at our local airport baggage handlers have already been paid off.

Baggage handlers would still be needed for hold bags checked in online. Maybe not as many as there used to be ...

spiro

At Stansted they already closed and knocked down most of the checkin desks and replaced them with self service checkin machines. The remaining desks only take you cases.

trets77

discoinferno_99 wrote: »

I'm amazed at the stupdity of the media who take O'Liary on face value when he comes out with lines like this. He is taking the mickey, but because he has such extreme views sometimes, they take everything he says as serious.

You can't run pay toilets on a flight. It is a requirement for passengers to have access to toilet facilities. Same minimum is free access to water which Ryanair crew will reluctantly provide for free if pushed.

Once again the media has bitten on a soundbite and he must be having a field day with the publicity. For every customer who vows 'never again' about Ryanair, there will be a fair few more who will get sucked in with a cheap fare...

no such thing as bad publictity . but you do feel with all the penny pinching and number of flights they run , they are long overdue a air crash ect. that will shut Mr O' leary up .

dealsearcher

trets77 wrote: »

but you do feel with all the penny pinching and number of flights they run , they are long overdue a air crash ect. that will shut Mr O' leary up .

The flight crew is one area that UK airlines do not skimp on. Training and checking is the same for all airlines and is very thorough. However overworking crews right up to their maximum hours and sometimes pushing captains to go into discretion (up to 2 hours more) does produce tired flight crews. We already know O'Leary has very little respect for pilots.

fifeken

trets77 wrote: »

no such thing as bad publictity . but you do feel with all the penny pinching and number of flights they run , they are long overdue a air crash ect. that will shut Mr O' leary up .

They had one at Ciampino in early November, fortunately no serious injuries. Not something to wish on people just to get at the boss!

AndysDad

eslick wrote: »

just been on radio 5 live ryanair might start to charge a £1 for the use of the toilets they were making jokes but apparently they were serious and not taking the ......

Its all a PR exercise,look at all the publicity its created already.I'm sure it will never happen !

chuckley

i dont see the problem, train stations charge for use of the toilets.

chuckley

moonrakerz wrote: »

They are taking the p*** - but no fuel surcharges !

Just what sort of cretins does O'Leary take us for ? It amazes me why people fly with this bunch of sharks. You can often get pretty close to his (Total) prices with real airlines.
Last time I went to Spain BA were cheaper - with full in flight service included !

wow BA do 1p flites... damn... where u get this info?!