Ryanair - 'Laying Off' 600!!
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RYRnick.
Sorry but your posts read like a not-very-subtle publicity puff from MOL himself. Clearly BA upset you with your baggage issue and you've (over?)reacted by burning your bra or BA gold card but believe me RYR are no angels.
I flew RYR once and swore never to do so again. The service was abominable. The staff were clearly unhappy which was reflected in their demeanour. They were impatient and surly, one of the cabin crew even told me "This place is sh1t, I want another job". As for your suggestion that they don't leave you need to get to know a few. I live near Stansted and believe me they DO leave and there's very, very little company loyalty among those who stay.
Like most people on here my dislike is not so much of the company but of its so-called leader and his cohorts one of whom told a group of newly hired pilots "I hate pilots. If I could fire you all I would do so immediately". Nice.
RYR is a deceitful and dishonest company. How many times have they been in Court? How many times have their adverts been declared misleading? How can you possibly condone a person who defends his lack of a customer service department because "The b@stards would forever be phoning us up"? One of three explanations I suppose. You're either one of those few b@stards*/customers who has yet to experience their 'normal' service, you're RYR management or you're a troll. I'll discount options two and three and forecast the slipping of the rose-tinted spectacles at some time in the future.
Oh, I notice that BA never did anything to induce your fear of landings. Might be time to consider going back to them
*MOL's words, not mine.
Sorry but your posts read like a not-very-subtle publicity puff from MOL himself. Clearly BA upset you with your baggage issue and you've (over?)reacted by burning your bra or BA gold card but believe me RYR are no angels.
I flew RYR once and swore never to do so again. The service was abominable. The staff were clearly unhappy which was reflected in their demeanour. They were impatient and surly, one of the cabin crew even told me "This place is sh1t, I want another job". As for your suggestion that they don't leave you need to get to know a few. I live near Stansted and believe me they DO leave and there's very, very little company loyalty among those who stay.
Like most people on here my dislike is not so much of the company but of its so-called leader and his cohorts one of whom told a group of newly hired pilots "I hate pilots. If I could fire you all I would do so immediately". Nice.
RYR is a deceitful and dishonest company. How many times have they been in Court? How many times have their adverts been declared misleading? How can you possibly condone a person who defends his lack of a customer service department because "The b@stards would forever be phoning us up"? One of three explanations I suppose. You're either one of those few b@stards*/customers who has yet to experience their 'normal' service, you're RYR management or you're a troll. I'll discount options two and three and forecast the slipping of the rose-tinted spectacles at some time in the future.
Oh, I notice that BA never did anything to induce your fear of landings. Might be time to consider going back to them
*MOL's words, not mine.
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I've just been reading the hard copy edition of the Times that contains the afore linked interview with MOL. Despite the fact that I despise the man (but respect his business acumen - eg the Sarkozy/Bruni publicity!!), I find myself agreeing with just about all the points he makes in the article 
- that's a shocker I can tell you..............In that same issue on page 3 is another really interesting article entitled " Final call for more than 50 airlines" Well worth a read and the pax stats for 2007 are illuminating (mills) : Luft/Swiss 54.2 AF 50.5 Ryan 49.0 Easy 38.2 BA 33.6 BMI 10.6 Flybe 7.0
Interesting times ahead..
- that's a shocker I can tell you..............In that same issue on page 3 is another really interesting article entitled " Final call for more than 50 airlines" Well worth a read and the pax stats for 2007 are illuminating (mills) : Luft/Swiss 54.2 AF 50.5 Ryan 49.0 Easy 38.2 BA 33.6 BMI 10.6 Flybe 7.0Interesting times ahead..
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2 adults to Berlin in September £79.46 total with RYR from a regional airport: flight time 1hr 40mins.
BA, same dates from LHR £160.70 per person and we would have to spend another £100 to get to LHR.
No contest really.
BA, same dates from LHR £160.70 per person and we would have to spend another £100 to get to LHR.
No contest really.
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So how come with so many empty seats no one seems to be interested in providing an opportunity to book very last minute standby seats e.g. pitch up at the check in within say 1 hr of dep and get a seat at a price that maybe just covers the fuel plus a small percentage for profit? More profitable than flying the seat empty! No seat then turn around and head for the nearest pub! After all, the equivalent of the population of Australia lives within about an hour of EGLL and EGKK, EGSS, EGXX, and those travellers with no restrictions (cashed up DINKIES) may well take up an offer of a very cheap seat to bugger off somewhere at very short notice. There again perhaps some seats are priced that way already! Just a thought! LCC and Long Haul - same principle applies.
Oz for a week Sir? Thats 300 quid !! Beats the Costa anyday.....well worth it!
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Oz for a week Sir? Thats 300 quid !! Beats the Costa anyday.....well worth it!
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RYRnick. Each to there own.
You gave up a BA gold card for Ryanair? To qualify for the gold card you would have had to have flown more than once a fortnight or you paid top whack fully flexible club fares. If the latter then either somebody else picked up your fare or your circumstances have radically changed.
Personally I'll fly the most convienient and cheapest option I can and I pay my own ticket. I travel a twice a week from Ireland to the UK and back. I have used BA, Aer Lingus, BMI, BMIbaby, Aer Aran and Ryanair. Who would I not go back to.... Ryanair. Why? because they are not convienient (Stanstead) for my needs, not much cheaper when luggage is required and every experience has included rude and indifferent crew. The last time, travelling home from a holiday with my family, we were held back, with other young families, at the gate and told to wait until the end when we would be seated. When everyone had boarded I asked which seats we were to take, assuming some had been held for families, to be told 'any you can find like everyone else' I questioned why we were not allowed through earlier with everybody else and was told that young families take too long to board and hold up the process. When finally onboard the cabin crew at the door didn't say hello only 'you'll be lucky to find 5 seats near each other. My two youngest children were 3yrs and 5yrs and were not sitting alone. Whilst I tried to rearrange seating I was told I could be arrested if I didn't sit down straight away. Any help, answer 'not my problem' Sorry you can keep Ryanair at the top of your tree but I'd rather swim the Irish sea than give MOL and his cronies my cash.
You gave up a BA gold card for Ryanair? To qualify for the gold card you would have had to have flown more than once a fortnight or you paid top whack fully flexible club fares. If the latter then either somebody else picked up your fare or your circumstances have radically changed.
Personally I'll fly the most convienient and cheapest option I can and I pay my own ticket. I travel a twice a week from Ireland to the UK and back. I have used BA, Aer Lingus, BMI, BMIbaby, Aer Aran and Ryanair. Who would I not go back to.... Ryanair. Why? because they are not convienient (Stanstead) for my needs, not much cheaper when luggage is required and every experience has included rude and indifferent crew. The last time, travelling home from a holiday with my family, we were held back, with other young families, at the gate and told to wait until the end when we would be seated. When everyone had boarded I asked which seats we were to take, assuming some had been held for families, to be told 'any you can find like everyone else' I questioned why we were not allowed through earlier with everybody else and was told that young families take too long to board and hold up the process. When finally onboard the cabin crew at the door didn't say hello only 'you'll be lucky to find 5 seats near each other. My two youngest children were 3yrs and 5yrs and were not sitting alone. Whilst I tried to rearrange seating I was told I could be arrested if I didn't sit down straight away. Any help, answer 'not my problem' Sorry you can keep Ryanair at the top of your tree but I'd rather swim the Irish sea than give MOL and his cronies my cash.
