Personally think it is discusting that any company makes you buy their uniform. It was a sort of perk that you did not have to buy clothing for work.
Ryan air constantly banging on about all this profit they are making...it seems to be in the form of pilot CV`s/FO salaries and now changing cabin crew £450 for a bit of polyester.
I believe no UK/Irish low cost have cabin crew unions in the form of Cabin Crew89 (the milder of the two) and BASSA, now that one would remove the smile off an airline boss or two.
Perhaps its time for cabin crew to start joining and when reaching 50% announcing a few purposals of change.
Biz SLF I totally agree with you. But I have to use Ryan air on one route being STN to Dinard. Its the only direct flight and Air France you have to change aircraft and airport in Paris for domestic flights. Air France have cut flights to Brittany since Air Inter and Britair was taken over.
I watched the drama unfold on my return flight from Perpignan knowing that things were not quite right. But I have to be careful having been crew for 14 years it maybe too easy to critize and say thats the way I would have done it.
On the way out a woman paxs was chatting to her friends, on opening her table she also found it dirty. Her comment was...oh well what do you expect for 49p. and continued with her conversation.
I work for a major carrier, and believe me if a paxs finds the odd tray table that has been missed, we are told by the paxs and we clean it straight away.
Its all down to would the paxs expects. Fly BA/Air France or bmi on that Perpignan flight and with that level of service and I guess there would be a comment/complaint made to the crew or the HO.
Currently, I am experiencing paxs who don`t normally fly with my employer. They try to pay us for drinks, perhaps expect more on the food front, because they are use to hot meals on charter flights.
My choice in Ryan air this time was just to see what went on and more out of interest, personally think that the majors are better and have a more professional service, because of experience somewhere whilst the cabin crew on Ryan air use it as a stepping stone for a career as cabin crew or aviation.