Ryanair - window coming loose mid flight??

Laz123

There was no danger involved to the other passengers. If the window had blown out you would have been sucked into the vacant space and closed the gap. Normal cabin pressure would have been reactivated.

Prothet_of_Doom

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Tell me about it!
I work on a fleet of 8 helicopters, and at any time one of these is normally grounded for routine maintenance.
Due to us always being short of spares in our stores, the aircraft on maintenance is often used as our spares supply and the paperwork involved to remove, inspect, recertify and then fit that part to another aircraft is unbelievable.

I once had a stamp which said "operator under supervision" which meant that all my work had to be over checked by someone more experienced, despite that I am a chartered engineer, and was paid twice as much as the person doing the over-checking. :rotfl:

We once "lost" the serial number on a £2000 component, and all we could do was to bin it. The cost of the paperwork to bin it, was more than the component. Traceability is everything.

SaveTheEuro

branwen111 wrote: »

Hello

On my flight back with Ryanair from Gran Canaria to Bristol, the window next to me was coming off! (I have pictures but can't post on here).

Would I be eligible for compensation?

I felt it was quite dangerous!

Thanks

It's a good job you didn't get into trouble for exceeding the cabin baggage allowance, carrying that window off the plane. You could flog the window on e-Bay or even offer to sell it back to Ryanair. You'll definitely be due compensation if your travelling companion was sucked out through the window.

robotrobo

branwen111 wrote: »

Hello

On my flight back with Ryanair from Gran Canaria to Bristol, the window next to me was coming off! (I have pictures but can't post on here).

Would I be eligible for compensation?

I felt it was quite dangerous!

Thanks

Ryanair - window coming loose mid flight??

Could you not have done a bit of wing walking !, to add to all the excitement you were haveing.:)

shaun_from_Africa

robotrobo wrote: »

Ryanair - window coming loose mid flight??

Could you not have done a bit of wing walking !, to add to all the excitement you were haveing.:)

Couldn't be done for a number of reasons, the most important one being that if it was technically possible, Michael O'Leary would already of thought of it and would levy an extortionate charge for anyone who wanted to give it a go.

iltisman

The airlines should have a list of claimers for late departure delays and rubbish like this . They could reject them at the booking stage as uneconomical to transport.

shaun_from_Africa

iltisman wrote: »

The airlines should have a list of claimers for late departure delays and rubbish like this . They could reject them at the booking stage as uneconomical to transport.

The problem with doing that is that as passengers are now often legally entitled to compensation for delayed flights (depending on the reason and how long the delay was), if someone was discriminated against simply for attempting to enforce their legal rights, I could see the court cases starting, something that may end up costing the airlines more in the long run.

RuthnJasper

This is one of the reasons I hate the compensation culture. Minor problem, no evidence that the cabin crew were notified, just "how much can I personally make out of this?"

martinthebandit

Laz123 wrote: »

If the window had blown out you would have been sucked into the vacant space and closed the gap. Normal cabin pressure would have been reactivated.

Lol bless, I never knew anyone believed that old nonsense.

Bogalot

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The problem with doing that is that as passengers are now often legally entitled to compensation for delayed flights (depending on the reason and how long the delay was), if someone was discriminated against simply for attempting to enforce their legal rights, I could see the court cases starting, something that may end up costing the airlines more in the long run.

You don't have to claim something because you're entitled to it.

In order for a discrimination claim to be valid it must relate to a protected characteristic, compo claimers are not a protected group. Airlines are free to ban anyone they wish for non discriminatory reasons.