Yup, I can see it now: 'ladies and gentlemen, we've experienced a drop in cabin pressure and are commencing an emergency descent to 8,000 feet, please insert four Euros into the slot above your head to allow the oxygen mask to drop down, then place it securely over your nose and mouth. Insert two Euros to place your seat backs and tray tables in the upright position. Please familiarise yourself with the price list in your seat back pocket, we will shortly be offering a trolley service in the cabin, from which you can purchase life preservers, compressed air to inflate them, a whistle, emergency briefing cards, flotation devices, and tickets for a place in the liferafts...'

 

Al

 

:LMAO: :LMAO: :Just Kidding:

<snip> I might have considered another more frills carrier, but like most people, I can survive without eating for three hours, unlike some of Ryanair's flight attendants, it would appear.

 

Actually there's absolutely no information in that article that would allow you to conclude that at all. There's only some vague reference to encouraging female flight attendants to lose weight by promising to take pictures of them only wearing their underwear [which is what " a chance to appear on the annual Girls of Ryanair calendar" means]. No explanation of what an average flight attendant weighs and how much they should lose (and what miniscule percentage of MTOW that would be). No explanation either of why male flight attendants apparently don't need to lose weight or why they don't get the opportunity to appear on a "Guys of Ryanair" calendar. Like you said it's just a cheap media grab, just like the regular demands by O'Leary that Boeing spend millions re certifying the 737 to carry more passengers (usually dressed up as "standing seats" or "we can just chuck out a few toilets", ignoring that the limitation on the passenger capacity is the demonstrated capacity of the emergency exits.)

 

IIRC Ryanair actually have abandoned reclining seats.

 

So have KLM on their new short haul cabins for that matter, and presumably several other carriers. It saves about a kilo per chair (or about 2 and a half passengers worth of weight on a 737 cabin). It's not like you really need to recline for the 1-2 hour hops they fly. As a bonus you get extra knee room too, both because the seat is slimmer and because the person in front of you can't dive-bomb your kneecaps with their reclining seat-back.

There was a problem with what we could fit in where, and besides it was fine on the outbound flight.

 

 

The problem was yours, not the airline'. Also, you were not checking in for the outbound flight so that's irrelevant.

 

Did you also expect to delay everyone behind you in the check-in queue while you repacked your bags?

Yup, I can see it now: 'ladies and gentlemen, we've experienced a drop in cabin pressure and are commencing an emergency descent to 8,000 feet, please insert four Euros into the slot above your head to allow the oxygen mask to drop down, then place it securely over your nose and mouth. Insert two Euros to place your seat backs and tray tables in the upright position. Please familiarise yourself with the price list in your seat back pocket, we will shortly be offering a trolley service in the cabin, from which you can purchase life preservers, compressed air to inflate them, a whistle, emergency briefing cards, flotation devices, and tickets for a place in the liferafts...'

 

Al

 

Reminds me of this:

The problem was yours, not the airline'. Also, you were not checking in for the outbound flight so that's irrelevant.

 

Did you also expect to delay everyone behind you in the check-in queue while you repacked your bags?

 

We couldn't that is my argument. She just sent the bag off and tried to make us pay. And it was the same airline so why would it be ok on the outbound flight but not the inbound a week later.

We couldn't that is my argument. She just sent the bag off and tried to make us pay. And it was the same airline so why would it be ok on the outbound flight but not the inbound a week later.

 

There are arses in every walk of life and there seems to be more than a fair share working as cheque in staff. My poor old dad, who's 86, lives on his own on a measly basic pension, came to visit us recently. I ensured his walk on luggage was the correct dimensions by sending him the measurements, that way he wouldn't have to pay something like $60 for the privelege of travelling with a suitcase, he'd only have his walk on bag. His trip over to us from Spain was fine, but on his return journey some smart, 12 year old cheque in girl, said it was too big and 'did' him for the extra cost of $60. The case was about 1.5 inches too wide, but 3 inches shorter than the allotted measurements!! That was Easyjet, not much better than Ryanair. I guess it's the same old adage, pay peanuts in wages and get monkeys working for you.

From a passenger's perspective Ryanair is great! On-time, Cheap and gets you where you want to go... "Most of the time". If you work for the Airline its a total different ball game! I have a friend who used to work for Ryanair, She had to pay for her own uniform, Nothing is complimentary. She now works for Aer Lingus and is having a ball! She's a FA by the way.

For me, I love flying Ryanair!! Atleast the NG is better than being squished into the ATR 72/42 of Aer Lingus regional that doesn't cater for people above 6 foot like myself.

One of O'Leary's strangest ideas which from time to time he resurrects is to have standing passengers. Of course that will never ever be allowed!

vololiberista

 

Why Not?

 

We have stand up roller coasters that put passengers in much higher G-levels compared to flying in a 737. This could be done and made safe, even for a big guy like this:

 

 

When I lived in Toronto and New York I had to stand for over one hour at a time on a crowded subway car twice a day (to and from work), so a short 30 minute flight from London to Dublin standing wouldn't be a big deal, it would be luxury by comparison.

 

You wouldn't have to strap passengers in like a stand-up roller coaster, you would just need something to lean back into and strap yourself in. If this design was backward facing chances are they would actually be safer in an accident compared to sitting forwards in a seat with a single belt around your waist.

 

Cheers

You wouldn't like it in a heavy landing. Nor would you be "impressed" if the pilot had to initiate an emergency dive!

It is simply contrary to every aviation regulation and would never be accepted by the flying public.

vololiberista

. And it was the same airline so why would it be ok on the outbound flight but not the inbound a week later.

 

Ptesumably you'd unpacked and repacked the bag?Presumably you'd unpacked and repacked the bag?

 

The case was about 1.5 inches too wide,...

 

Then it didn't comply with the requirements and the check (not cheque) in girl was correct to charge for it.

Ptesumably you'd unpacked and repacked the bag?Presumably you'd unpacked and repacked the bag?

 

 

 

Then it didn't comply with the requirements and the check (not cheque) in girl was correct to charge for it.

 

And my point is.... pay peanuts, employ monkeys.

And my point is.... pay peanuts, employ monkeys.

 

You chose to pay peanuts for for a cheap flight. Ryanair's regulations about baggage are perfectly clear. Why do you suppose that you are entitled to break them?

Nor would you be "impressed" if the pilot had to initiate an emergency dive!

 

That would be kind of like this......looks like fun if you ask me :LMAO:

 

Anyhow.....I don't see it happening with a 737 or A330's but sometime in the distant future it would be possible to have rapid air transport between cities that are standing only. London to Dublin in 15 minutes and standing only.....you never know.

 

Cheers

Airbus did try to market this to Asian airlines with higher density flights. Obviously it never went anywhere but interior designers are still trying to find a way to do it.

You chose to pay peanuts for for a cheap flight. Ryanair's regulations about baggage are perfectly clear. Why do you suppose that you are entitled to break them?

No one is entitled to break anything. No one should expect to be able to get away from regulations. However, I hoped my explanation of a my poor old dad, of 86 years, who incidentally has dreadful arthritis and was in a wheel chair at the time, would have explained what I meant when I said, pay peanuts and get monkeys. Do I really have to explain the sentiment of my post, if so then there lies the problem.