Originally Posted by AIMS by IBM
I believe that Ryainair, taken into account the channel 4 saga, has every reason to avoid this from happening again.They are not being treated in the same way as others.
I think many posters here think that PPRuNe is a place where one can have the sort of free discussion that goes on in a pub, or crew bar, or whatever. Somewhere that one can say whatever one likes, without fear of follow-up or retribution, whether it's true or not.
Unfortunately, much as we might like it to be, that just isn't the case. PPRuNe isn't the pub. The laws that govern what PPRuNe might be legally liable for are not the same as those that govern what you might be legally liable for in a face-to-face gossip. And that's quite separate from the enforceability question - what's said here is written and open for all to see, unlike the ephemera of words spoken but never put down on paper.
So Danny
has to take legal complaints seriously, or else risk seeing PPRuNe brought down by legal action.
There is a separate issue of why Ryanair is so quick to make legal complaints to PPRuNe, apparently taking a different view about this from other airlines and organisations that are regularly discussed here. That, IMHO, speaks volumes for Ryanair rather that PPRuNe. It may reinforce the opinions that some of us hold about Ryanair generally, whether we know more or less about the airline and the way that it is run.
But it doesn't change the position that if there is a legal complaint, Danny has to respond to it - which he has done.