Ryan air to charge to use toilet

ICATQ

Apparently they are taking two out of three toilets out of their 737 fleet so they can get an extra 6 seats in.

Leaving one toilet, £1 a go. Could you last 5+ hours onboard?

Pollycat

This has already been discussed on several threads very recently.

I heard Simon Calder on BBC News this morning say that EMA - Tenerife was the longest Ryanair flight - this is less than 5.5 hours on board.
However, by the time you've queued up to board, then the plane has landed, taxied and you finally get off, it'll be something approaching that.

I personally wouldn't let that policy deter me from booking with Ryanair - I have no allegiance to any airline and book whichever flight has the combination of cheapest, most convenient departure/arrival airports, flight times etc - If Ryanair meet my criteria, I'll book and pay the £1 if I need to go to the loo.

Teahfc

I Wonder if the £1 / €1 a time will mean that people are more careful what they buy in the way of liquids on the Plane ?
I have no doubt they will do it on the shorter trips but would they consider it on the Prague type flights where the stags/hens are regulars in the 'little room' ? Could backfire with more cleaning up to do with Spillages :rolleyes:

sidefx

It would be people with children who would suffer most!! Not fair expecting a small child to hang on for 5 and a half hours!

blue_haddock

I'll believe it when it actually happens...

Pollycat

blue_haddock wrote: »

I'll believe it when it actually happens...

Me too.
But at least it's got Mr O'Leary some more free publicity. :rolleyes:

bagand96

blue_haddock wrote: »

I'll believe it when it actually happens...

And me....

I thought, although may be wrong, that they had to provide so many toilets per X amount of seats on board? Would one toilet meet these requirements? If indeed they exist i may be imagining it?!

What I do know is that a serviceable toilet is a requirement for a passenger jet to be serviceable. So if they only have one toilet and it breaks, the aircraft become unserviceable. And being Ryanair that usually means flight cancelled. Fun times!

PolishBigSpender

sidefx wrote: »

It would be people with children who would suffer most!! Not fair expecting a small child to hang on for 5 and a half hours!

Then don't fly Ryanair! If they take a small child on a plane that subsequently wets itself (and I would fully support Ryanair taking action to recover money for cleaning costs against the parents) because they're too greedy to pay for the toilet, then they've got no-one to blame but themselves.

bagand96 wrote:

I thought, although may be wrong, that they had to provide so many toilets per X amount of seats on board? Would one toilet meet these requirements? If indeed they exist i may be imagining it?!

They don't have to provide toilet facilities at all. In fact, the cost of taking toilets into the air (which are lightly used, especially on the shorter Ryanair journeys) probably outweighs the benefit of actually having them.

What I do know is that a serviceable toilet is a requirement for a passenger jet to be serviceable. So if they only have one toilet and it breaks, the aircraft become unserviceable. And being Ryanair that usually means flight cancelled. Fun times!

Actually, a broken toilet is what brings it out of service - not the requirement to have a toilet that works. Aeroplanes aren't like cars, you can't take one into the air if something is broken - it *has* to be fixed before it can fly again. Less toilets = less chance of something breaking.

tessie_bear

is this for real ? they are planning to charge a quid to use the toilet ?

Bogof_Babe

Why is this so shocking when many major railway stations already charge 30p?

geri1965_2

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Why is this so shocking when many major railway stations already charge 30p?

You can crawl under the barriers there though.