Ryanair 737-800 impounded at Bordeaux-Mérignac airport

[Gertrude the Wombat]

Originally Posted by BigFrank

Any dispassionate observer cannot but come to the conclusion that the company in question, and the senior executives thereof, especially though not exclusively Ducksie his'self, have been able to judge to a fine t exactly what the (non) consequences would be of their cocking-a-snook at the authorities

To the ordinary punter, though, getting an aeroplane (full of ordinary punters) arrested because they haven't paid their bills looks like one (or perhaps more) of

1. monumental incompetence, which makes one question their competence to fly aeroplanes safely
2. they don't give a **** about their passengers
3. they're going down the tubes and couldn't scrape the cash together.

Now, they won't have lost my business as a result of this, as I'm one of those who prefers to walk to the destination rather than fly Ryanair, but surely not all of their ordinary punters enjoy being treated in this way?