Gee, there are some real nerds on here with comments like
How the bloody blue blazes did a camera crew, despite a camera being small enough to be worn in the lapel, get their equipment through security?
WTF has that got to do with anything about this programme? We are talking about some reporters who actually trained as Ryanair cabin crew and filmed their experiences.
You must be a real ninny to go around shrieking with horror at the fact that they managed to get miniature cameras on board. I mean, they will really cause a lot of terror and damage with those now, won't they? Perhaps you were one of those regulars who dive in to these threads without having read all the associated links and detail because you will have read that they didn't film during take off or landing just as the PA says. But of course, they managed to get those dangerous, no, lethal, cameras on board and all you can do is wring your hands in terror at the fact that they were able to get them past security. We all know how feeble the current security system is anyway.
Next we have the morally outraged posters who are astounded that Ryanair have published their own "private and confidential" letters. What has that got to do with this programme? Even if they published letters from the producers that were "private and confidential" so what? Do you think they can be sued? Get a life and start to understand the world we live in. Short of publishing something covered under the official secrets act there is nothing you can do about it. Anyway, it is just typical of the Ryanair management to try and steamroller their way out of the embarrassment that will no doubt be highlighted in this programme.
Yes, as mentioned earlier, C4 and Dispatches don't have a lot going for their reputation amongst airline pilots but in this instance they are focussing on the bullying and ruthless management of a company that is very good at disguising its poor quality of man management and its greedy reputation of garnering even bigger profits off the backs of its workers. What we are satisfied with here is the fact that this programme will focus on Ryanairs rip off and lying culture. Forcing employees to fund their own training and paying for their own uniforms and everything else whilst claiming that they are the highest paying, easiest working airline will be exposed as just more Ryanair management untruths.
The documents they have provided about the demotion of the captain who refused to work extra sectors because he was tired and their publication of their version of the facts shows to what lengths they will go do put down anyone who challenges their bullying. The publication alone is typical of how they get their message across to the rest of their workforce in a manner that is designed to warn against questioning their authority.
This programme will no doubt sensationalise some things but then that is expected even if we don't like it but it's about time we had someone air Ryanairs dirty laundry even if it only makes the rest of us feel good for a while. Schadenfreude.
