1) The flight was delayed by an hour as the techlog needed to be signed off by an engineer. Fair enough but where did he find the traffic jam that allegedly delayed him for so long?
you would've thought they'd have woken the fella up beforehand so he could miss the Cork rush hour at 13.00
The part will almost certainly have been changed at Cork as it is a base, whereas Gatwick is not. It may have been a simple case of the part being changed overnight and the engineer forgetting to sign it off, then on the first flight of the day the crew notice the missing signature and know they can't go without it. I believe the engineers at Shannon are now covering the Cork base as well, so he may well have had to drive all the across from Ennis...
2) Were all the cabin crew having a miserable day or have they been told that they have to pay a pound to smile.
I often wonder why people don't give the crew some benefit of the doubt. The work damn hard and in this instance have picked up an hour delay before they've even got going, with the real possibility of picking up more at Gatwick due to arriving late. They may well have been thinking about the possibility of the day becoming a 14 hour shift, missing out on any plans they had made for the evening etc. Granted, a smile and a good attitude go a long way, and are sometimes missing from some of our crew, but there’s up to 189 of you and only of them. If you have all run out of patience, imagine how rapidly they'll run out of it looking after nearly 50 impatient people each!
5) Finally, is Ryanairski an airline or an advertising company that flies around Europe at .8M? The incessant announcements for mobile phone networks, lotto scratchcards, car hire, discount hotels is almost enough to make you buy their light and fruity cabernet sauvignon.
Come on, you've paid £20 for a ticket to go about 620km, of which over £10 will go to the Irish government due to taxes! How do you think we make any money?