H&S if you read the italian forum on pprune about this very topic youll find that this all started off because an Italian member of parliment was travelling with Ryanair and insisted on using her parlimentary ID. When she was refused at the gate for failing to comply with her contract with Ryanair she kicked up a fuss. Knowing the head of ENAC she promptly complained and well here we are.
Corruption who would have thought that was going on in Italy
Sorry about the grammar its from google translate, so unfortunately for you (h&s) there is no other conspiricy involved here.
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