Following the recent announcement of BUD - MDI route, PAP Press Agency has asked today Modlin Airport spokesperson whether Ryanair's arrival to Modlin has already been confirmed.
The answer: "They can start flying to Modlin, it's possible. Nevertheless, we do not have any individual agreement with Ryanair. For the time being, the commencement of such a route would mean Ryanair's acceptance of our terms."
Do people know how really fed up we SLF feel about Ryanair. I flew them once from Prestwick to Stansted a long time ago, I swore never again and have been true to my word. Cheap as chips,horrible service on a par with Easyjet. You get what you pay for. I voted with my feet am not sure why others don,t.
Cpt PS: True, I guess the news part is that fact that the pilots are starting to do something about the poor and dangerous conditions. Would probably not have happened without the increasing support by IALPA, BALPA and ECA.
Can sure see why they may be fed up, but as for voting with my feet........... Well, I have flown with them a number of times now, and i gotta say, dam nice flights, great landings as well. The company may be dubious, but the crews are pretty dam good.
Hahaha, yeah, your not wrong mate. But its the way it is. Been trough some shockers. Done some shockers. But those crews are alright. I have never had cause to complain about their flying. Well done you lot, you know who you are.
The one and only Ryanair flight I ever took I was filled with so much confidence when one of the Flight Attendants (who was Eastern European), picked up the PA to make an announcement and then proceeded to say "now how do i turn this thing off?" over the PA, while the senior F/A ran to the front of the aircraft to stop him making anymore of a fool of himself....mmmm safe!!
Do people know how really fed up we SLF feel about Ryanair. I flew them once from Prestwick to Stansted a long time ago, I swore never again and have been true to my word.
Do hope your first coming of age was really good...................
Do people know how really fed up we SLF feel about Ryanair. I flew them once from Prestwick to Stansted a long time ago, I swore never again and have been true to my word. Cheap as chips,horrible service on a par with Easyjet. You get what you pay for. I voted with my feet am not sure why others don,t.
Because they don't want to? A lot of people are perfectly happy with Ryanair and what they offer.
I've flown with FR countless times and continue to do so. They are, as you say, cheap as chips. If I want to get to a place where they fly then I will chose them. Play by their rules and you're in for a very cheap and perfectly good flight. Check in online, turn up on time, bring one item of hand luggage (like you agree to do in your booking process) and you're fine. No hassle at all. I must also say that their on board prices are cheaper than a lot of airport departure lounges too, especially in the UK.
I would hardly say you are in a position to criticse them if you've only flown on them once. That's like me saying I'll never fly Lufthansa again as the only time I've ever flown with them, they lost my baggage on my outward trip and re routed me through LHR on my return, getting me home over 5 hours late (instead of FRA-EDI direct). My single worst flying experience to date. I may have had that one bad experience with LH, but I continue to include them in my travel planning and when they offer me the best option I will gladly give them my money again, as many millions do with FR.
You get what you pay for is correct, one would suggest therefore you expected more. If you got what you paid for please enlighten us what else you expected.
Right, WMI. Trying to use the newest codes I can no more rely on my memory, apparently.
Now to Prague. Just a few quotations from yet another interview with MOL published by Czech journal today:
Will Ryanair return to Prague?
- "I cough(?) on Prague. People and maybe the government would want us in Prague, but the latter invalidates this by charging extra high airport charges."
Your stand on carbon emissions tax?
- "Europe has now to compete with Asia, America and Latin America but at the same time imposes new taxes on air travel. We look like idiots who tax themselves thus making our economies less competitive.""We Irish do care for the environment, but indeed my herd of cows produce more greenhouse gases than the entire Ryanair fleet altogether."
Obviously, you don't want to tax these cow emissions either? - "Actually, I wonder why some idiots in Brussels didn't attempt to introduce it. In contrary, in Europe even the richest farmers, like myself, receive subsidies, and that influences the food prices for all European citizens. These grants belong to the most stupid tools man invented on Earth ever. "
More whistleblowers after Turkish Airlines, now pilots working for Ryanair in interview with swedish television, SVT, swedish equivalent to BBC, here quoted in newspaper "Aftonbladet":
"The worst can happen" Ryanair pilots warns that their harsh working conditions can be a hazard to flight safety. It says SVT's Rapport. One of the two anonymous Ryanair pilots Report talked to said the company sometimes makes unreasonable demands that do not look for safety first and this could lead to incidents and even accidents. He says the pilots pressed more and more and that it increases the risks. Pressed on the job Insiders in Ryanair's business, in interview say that pilots are increasing pressure from their work, where you have to deliver under the contract, be flexible and ready to movements and changes, to be borne by some peripheral and not violate any of all the clauses, because then it becomes a breach of contract. Pilot: "The worst can happen" The co-pilot says in interview that the passenger will most likely be intact, but it's a downward spiral:
- If I had to have surgery then I will of course know that the surgeon is well rested, healthy, not afraid to call in sick - we want them flying with Ryanair know they are located at where the light do not always fulfill the requirements. The worst can happen. Ryanair: "false accusations" It irlänska Ryanair communications Stephen McNamara said in a written comment to the report that the accusations are false. He admits to question the sick, but says that most companies are following suit. The Swedish pilot union has no collective bargaining agreement with either Ryanair or British brokerage company that the pilots are employed by.
More on the same from the TV interview (Google translation):
According to the union is about 75 percent of the pilots contract employees of Brookfield Aviation International, which mediates the pilots for the company. Ryanair argues that these are less than half. Swedish pilot union chairman Gunnar Mandahl says that contract employees pilots have not been part of the same security systems that direct employees - increasing the pressure on pilots and can lead to poor air safety.
- In this profession, I see it as extra bad because it puts undue pressure on the individual in some cases may be unsound in terms of safety. It can also be about the weather, cargo, technical problems on the aircraft. It's never popular to make a machine with 200 passengers to sit somewhere and let the airline pay for hotels, delay money, etc., says Gunnar Mandahl to report.
It's an official news in Finnish media right now. Flying Ryanair is unsafe. It sounds a bit unfair, said somewhat provocatively and generalising, but that's what Sami Simonen, the chairman of Finnish Pilots' Association, said to Finnish MTV3 television today. Why is it so? "For Ryanair, every employee is too expensive. When the pilot cannot afford to take a sick leave in spite of otitis or other disease, it's dangerous. It's an unsafe airline", Simonen says.
In Simonen's view many other low cost carriers tend to be unsafe as well, precisely for the same reasons. Due to this, FPA monitors several lcc's, also Norwegian is one of them.
PS. And indeed, in the years to come, Norwegian will be even more "dangerous" to domestic airline(s) in this country than Ryanair, fading out somehow.
