Dear Pace. Please get your facts right. The incident you refer to at Ballykelly in 2006 was not operated by Ryanair. They had subbed the flight to Eirjet who operated an A320, not a B738. I am not a fan of RYR but I do take issue with your derisory comments of their crew without bothering to check the facts.
Operated by was not clear I meant subcontracted by so I stand corrected as I do on the aircraft Type A320
Derisory comment on the Crew? I was making a point that we all make stupid mistakes private, CAT, EU reg or FAA. Most of us get away with it but some at the wrong point can have serious or very embarrassing consequences.
I made that comparison as had this been an FAA reg business jet no doubt there would be derisory comments on FAA cowboy pilots
Even with two crew at close quarters neither noticed and instigated a go around ?
As they had no charts for this disused runway and had no clue where they were landing it was lucky that it was well long enough for them
if Eire Jet were subbed by Ryan air to do the flight there is still a responsibility to meet the standards required ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4857962.stm
https://assets.digital.cabinet-offic...-DIJ_01-07.pdf
Pace