Ryanairs Bumpy Landings

sophieschoice

We had a landing so bumpy last week on Ryanair in Manchester that the water in the toilets came out and we had to paddle to the exit!
Most of the passengers cheered ironically when the aircraft finally stopped because I think most of us were convinced the pilot had forgotten to apply the brakes.

iwantitnow

A smooth landing is an uneventful landing, a bumpy landing is an eventful landing so you are more likely to talk to people about a bumpy landing than a smooth landing

Fits with Ryanairs logic that No Publicity is Bad Publicity!

will-he-payitoff

How often does the pilot land the plane, dont they use auto pilot to land most of the time.

Hobsons_Choice

will-he-payitoff wrote: »

How often does the pilot land the plane, dont they use auto pilot to land most of the time.

Not as far as I know. Take off and landing is manual...that's why they're the most dangerous times.....whoooooooo!:A

Olokia

I remember a Ryanair landing because it was the worst one I've experienced.

The plane hit the runway hard, bounced quite high and then came back down hard again. The pilot then slammed on the brakes so hard that I had to brace myself against the seat in front or I was going to hit it.

shaun_from_Africa

Hobsons_Choice wrote: »

Not as far as I know. Take off and landing is manual...that's why they're the most dangerous times.....whoooooooo!:A

Just about all modern aircraft have an autoland capability but depending on the weather conditions and the airport concerned, the aircrew may well still carry out a manual landing.

Depending on the aircraft type, there may also be a full autobraking setup and the pilots can do a complete autoland and don't have to do anything until the aircraft has come to a complete stop.
Even with a full automatic landing, the pilots will still keep hold of the control column in case of an emergency or unforseen problem.

All takeoffs are carried out by the pilots and not the autopilot.

loveabargain13

I travelled to tenerife last week, had a window seat admiring the view, thought ooohhh we must be going to circle, ooohhhh no we were coming into land and that was it, nose down, stomach up....coming into stansted wasn't that much better, girl next to me was holding the chair infront for dear life..... not for the faint hearted hehehehe

bcl999

stoneman wrote: »

That is because they add on 1/2 hour longer than the flight actually takes, then they can claim that the landed ahead of schedule. Oh and that fanfare when the plane lands, how tacky is that!

Yes, I remember when LHR was half an hour nearer to GLA than it is these days. Howver even adding the extra time BA still can't arrive on time in 90% of the flights I am on!

As for Ryanair's bumpy landings - that's to shake any remaining loose change out of your pockets.

2sides2everystory

I don't know if it explains bumpy landings but in Dublin and Manchester it rains a lot, right? I think pilots are sometimes advised during their basic training that wet landings are perhaps best performed as firm landings to spin up the wheels and put them in instant good contact with the tarmac so that the risk of aquaplaning is reduced ... I believe there are quite scientific tables that plot runway speed against water depth and tyre pressure to forecast aquaplaning so it may all have some real method behind it .... doesn't explain the major bounce Olokia told us about which can never be good, nor the overflowing toilet, but I quite liked bcl999's theory that it's about shaking the last of the loose change from our pockets

stoneman

2sides2everystory wrote: »

I don't know if it explains bumpy landings but in Dublin and Manchester it rains a lot, right? I think pilots are sometimes advised during their basic training that wet landings are perhaps best performed as firm landings to spin up the wheels and put them in instant good contact with the tarmac so that the risk of aquaplaning is reduced ... I believe there are quite scientific tables that plot runway speed against water depth and tyre pressure to forecast aquaplaning so it may all have some real method behind it .... doesn't explain the major bounce Olokia told us about which can never be good, nor the overflowing toilet, but I quite liked bcl999's theory that it's about shaking the last of the loose change from our pockets

Had to laugh at you signature. You reckon:rotfl: