Ryanair not paying compensation

Mr_Lahey

reformedEffortMaker wrote: »

I ask the question again, If O'Leary doesnt agree with the rule, why did he sign up to it then??!!

Explain to me how O'Leary can be at fault for something completely out of his control?

It's ok sitting their and having the usual Ryanair rant, but go on, how is the airline liable?

geri1965_2

Jesus Christ. Why not bend over and make it easier for him to shaft you?

Mr_Lahey

geri1965 wrote: »

Jesus Christ. Why not bend over and make it easier for him to shaft you?

Shaft me?

We should be grateful to O'Leary. Were it not for him BA would still be shafting you £300rtn for an EU round trip flight.
I read recently that 60% of people who dislike Ryanair have never flown with them - Are you one of them?

I tell you what i've been flying for years, hundreds and hundreds of times, the only airline to ever fly me to Venice and back for 2p is Ryanair. I have saved a fortune using Ryanair and unknowingly so have you and every other European airline passenger in the last decade.

Love them of hate them, Ryanair has been the best thing to happen to aviation in recent memory.

I know O'Leary is an arrogant bstard, but if you can tell me how he is at fault for a volcano then i'd love to know.

dmg24

culchied wrote: »

I'd say the airlines are fairly well insured for events like this. Could be wrong though.

I cannot comment on all airlines, but I know BA do not. I don't know the reasons behind why they do not, but I would guess it is probably for the reasons that most travellers did not either - it was such an extreme event that nobody could have foreseen it.

PhylPho, sorry I can't be bothered to read your posts. The ability to write concisely is very handy!

Paddy2eyes

The circumstances are not O'Learys fault. However he operates a european airline and as such it is subject to certain regulations. It doesn't matter if the ticket cost is £1 or £1000, there are regulations in place and they should be adhered to.
That said, this is a huge burden for the airlines, and there probably is a good case of exceptional circumstances here, but even the transport minister said today that airlines are responsible for providing food and accomodation for stranded passengers.

geri1965_2

Nobody is saying he was responsible for the volcano, you utter cretin. He does however have a responsibility under EU law. You know, that thing we all have to abide by?

Mr_Lahey

geri1965 wrote: »

Nobody is saying he was responsible for the volcano, you utter cretin. He does however have a responsibility under EU law. You know, that thing we all have to abide by?

You see until you resorted to insults your posts had some (albeit minimal) credibility.

Now you have resorted to insults it just confirms to me that you know i am right and you have no logical way to debate this without resorting to petty school ground insults.

Damn i love being this good

System

geri1965 wrote: »

Nobody is saying he was responsible for the volcano, you utter cretin. He does however have a responsibility under EU law. You know, that thing we all have to abide by?

Just because its EU law doesn't make it right. History is filled with people challenging laws they think unjust and getting them overturned. True O'Leary's not up there with Martin Luthor King but still if he thinks a law is wrong he is perfectly in his right to challenge that law in the courts.

Everything's too easy these days for people. You should take personal responsibility for facing adversity like this. Not expect some airline to look after you when something happens outside there control. People in the world are forced to live on the streets, in poverty, in warzones so frankly these people complaining about an extra couple of days stranded in a tropical paridise are frankly a bit pathetic!

Lincoln_Imp

Mr_Lahey wrote: »

Explain to me how O'Leary can be at fault for something completely out of his control?

It's ok sitting their and having the usual Ryanair rant, but go on, how is the airline liable?

No one is saying it is Ryanairs fault but whilst i agree with you in the fact its not fair for an airline to pay out hundreds in compensation when you only paid a few quid for the ticket the fact remains he is liable under EU law ..full stop (we might not agree with the rules but rules are rules)
Its not his choice to play god and ignore the rules is it

Mr_Lahey

Lincoln_Imp wrote: »

No one is saying it is Ryanairs fault but whilst i agree with you in the fact its not fair for an airline to pay out hundreds in compensation when you only paid a few quid for the ticket the fact remains he is liable under EU law ..full stop (we might not agree with the rules but rules are rules)
Its not his choice to play god and ignore the rules is it

I agree with you in principle, but the laws in place didn't provide for something of this nature or magnitude.

I honestly expect O'Leary to get challenged and end up winning this in the courts. The law is too vague and needs clarifying. Expecting an airline to lose millions of Euros per day and then have to compensate passengers for their costs incurred is simply unfair.

Whatever the legal outcome on this i expect it to be quite interesting.