This whole post is laughable.Any excuse to bash Ryanair! Listen people...
facts- our safety record is perfect.Nobody can question that.Our procedure's are proper and within all the legal regulations.The pilot's are proffesional and do their job properly.Oh,I nearly forgot to say,our engineering is top class!!
What is all this b/s about putting the gear down 1 mile later than everybody else? For what advantage? Do you honestly believe the approach speeds flown by RYR are so tight that it would require this,consistently,every flight? Don't you all see that the RYR pilots are trained in exactly the same manner as pilot's of other airlines and hold the same licences and qualifications and operate to the same/similar company procedure's?
As for the fella saying that his flight needed reverse thrust in order to stop during the taxi! You don't know what you are talking about.You obviously have absolutely no idea so why comment on something when you are clearly not in the position to do so? Anyone that has taxied a -200 will tell you how effective the wheel brakes are.I must admit I have only taxied empty aircraft but let me tell you that if you operate the brakes with anything more than a gentle push with the toes then the thing will stop immediatly.Just how effective do you think reverse thrust would be at a ground speed of 20-30 knots with the engine at idle?
Could it not have been that the crew were cycling the reverser on the taxi-in to check an inication fault or something?
This is a question,yes,I have seen the crew shut down the engines 10ft or so before the stop bar and coast to a stop but why would this be such a henious crime? I can think of no reason and would be interested to see if there is one.To my mind,the APU would obviously be running so no probs with electrical power so elec hyd pumps are working for brake pressure [ignoring the accumulator],packs still supplied by APU air,obviously no more requirement for forward thrust so what possible purpose is there for having the engines running? Would like to hear any reason's I have overlooked.
As for the Titanic....0% despatch reliability me thinks,well OK 100% despatch reliability but 0% arrival reliability
