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Old 19th Apr 2009, 21:01
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Sorry Rainboe. I'm not being argumentative but what do you mean 'for what they wanted they chose the wrong airline at the wrong time'?
What they and everyone else booked on the flight wanted was to depart BHD around 6.30am and arrive in Stansted approximately 50 minutes later.
They didn't want club class seating, IFE, free meals or anything else that doesn't come with a Ryanair booking reference.
They may well have chosen the Ryanair Stansted service because it offers the earliest arrival in central London.
If you don't have any baggage to collect from the carousel you're in Liverpool Street between 8.30 and 8.45am.
It's not unheard of for passengers on the bmi to Heathrow to still be in the air at this time and the first Gatwick flight can spend a long time circling as well.
Remember also not everyone is 'in the know' about civil aviation.
If people don't fly regularly on business they may well only travel by air when going on holiday or a weekend break - maybe no more than three or four times a year.
When the opportunity came for this courageous little boy to enjoy the event in London his parents probably looked at the best possible timings and chose Ryanair because of the early departure time.
It may well never have struck them to consider what would happen if the airline had no flight crew for the aircraft.
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