In the meantime, that is then, this is now, and "Yer Man" is (yet again) making a tw@t of himself.
not really. he surely is not stupid or mad but has a tactic of keeping ryanair in the headlines so everybody knows this company. if the rumours are good or silly seems to be a secondary goal- the main goal is keep it on the headlines.
looking at this forums his tactics reach its goal : everybody talks about this airline. and not few from here will buy a ticket because of attractive prices for next holiday.
fact is that he seems to keep the airline at a benefit level in difficult times, fact is that not a single aircraft ran out of fuel until now, fact is that nobody has proven that he operates illegally to further reduce costs.
cheers