@ jimmy....
no diverting to an alternate is not efficient
as is taking too much extra fuel in case there might be a chance you have to hold which in case of TS can't be predicted cause most TS don't last longer then a few minutes
bare in mind that they are still taking the LEGAL required fuel on board so if it's not safe whole the world (or europe) should change the regulations
I've seen someone mentioning here that ryanair has more diversions than other airlines
is that in amount of events or in percentage of flights? it will make a huge difference for a company as big as ryanair
and also someone mentioned air berlin as a loco
someone told my that they upgraded to a full service carrier
can anyone shed a light on this?
FR threatens airports to move out if they don't get what they want?
how many companies are moving their factory's because they have to pay less in another country
and i'm sure that a lot of airports where ryanair flies to wouldn't be as big as they are now if they didn't had ryanair (if it's cheap enough people will fly to everywhere)
for the record i'm not saying that ryanair is a perfect company but it's definitely not as bad as some people make it look like
MOL might want to save as much money as possible but when it comes to safety ryanair does what they have to do
and in my opinion ryanair is safer than a lot of other airlines just because it's ryanair, if something happens the media jump on it like mad men even if nothing happens like in valencia a few weeks ago (yes, they had 3 emergencies, but they were still safe and legal and nothing happened at all. Normal atco's normally don't let planes that already diverted hold for almost an hour)