FR9849 dub to ork 17 Feb
@spotthedog
My experience last night was totally different! STD of 2050. Fully loaded at 2040. Door closed at approx 2052. Delay appeared to be caused by pax who had her online boarding card but no photo id and was stuck at gate trying to sort it out. Problem was solved and ready for push @2054.
No push and after about 10 mins Captain advised that a landing aircraft had just suffered a minor incident(spilled some fluid which needed to be cleaned up) on landing on rw 28 (the active runway). Main runway was closed and we joined the queue for start up for the changed runway. We taxied at 2115, airborne approx 2120 and arrived ORK @2152 only 12 minutes behind schedule. Crew again apologised for the delay.
Anytime Ryanair have had a delay they have never been slow to apologise. On one occasion last year I had a 3 hour delay after boarding because of slots implemented at Dub due to weather conditions. I decided not to travel and crew quickly arranged for a handling agent to get me back in the Terminal.