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Hahaha, yeah, your not wrong mate. But its the way it is. Been trough some shockers. Done some shockers. But those crews are alright. I have never had cause to complain about their flying. Well done you lot, you know who you are.
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The one and only Ryanair flight I ever took I was filled with so much confidence when one of the Flight Attendants (who was Eastern European), picked up the PA to make an announcement and then proceeded to say "now how do i turn this thing off?" over the PA, while the senior F/A ran to the front of the aircraft to stop him making anymore of a fool of himself....mmmm safe!!
Do people know how really fed up we SLF feel about Ryanair. I flew them once from Prestwick to Stansted a long time ago, I swore never again and have been true to my word.
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Do people know how really fed up we SLF feel about Ryanair. I flew them once from Prestwick to Stansted a long time ago, I swore never again and have been true to my word.
Cheap as chips,horrible service on a par with Easyjet. You get what you pay for. I voted with my feet am not sure why others don,t.
Cheap as chips,horrible service on a par with Easyjet. You get what you pay for. I voted with my feet am not sure why others don,t.
I've flown with FR countless times and continue to do so. They are, as you say, cheap as chips. If I want to get to a place where they fly then I will chose them. Play by their rules and you're in for a very cheap and perfectly good flight. Check in online, turn up on time, bring one item of hand luggage (like you agree to do in your booking process) and you're fine. No hassle at all. I must also say that their on board prices are cheaper than a lot of airport departure lounges too, especially in the UK.
I would hardly say you are in a position to criticse them if you've only flown on them once. That's like me saying I'll never fly Lufthansa again as the only time I've ever flown with them, they lost my baggage on my outward trip and re routed me through LHR on my return, getting me home over 5 hours late (instead of FRA-EDI direct). My single worst flying experience to date. I may have had that one bad experience with LH, but I continue to include them in my travel planning and when they offer me the best option I will gladly give them my money again, as many millions do with FR.
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Right, WMI. Trying to use the newest codes I can no more rely on my memory, apparently. 
Now to Prague. Just a few quotations from yet another interview with MOL published by Czech journal today:
Will Ryanair return to Prague?
- "I cough(?) on Prague. People and maybe the government would want us in Prague, but the latter invalidates this by charging extra high airport charges."
Your stand on carbon emissions tax?
- "Europe has now to compete with Asia, America and Latin America but at the same time imposes new taxes on air travel. We look like idiots who tax themselves thus making our economies less competitive." "We Irish do care for the environment, but indeed my herd of cows produce more greenhouse gases than the entire Ryanair fleet altogether."
Obviously, you don't want to tax these cow emissions either?
- "Actually, I wonder why some idiots in Brussels didn't attempt to introduce it. In contrary, in Europe even the richest farmers, like myself, receive subsidies, and that influences the food prices for all European citizens. These grants belong to the most stupid tools man invented on Earth ever. "
Now to Prague. Just a few quotations from yet another interview with MOL published by Czech journal today:
Will Ryanair return to Prague?
- "I cough(?) on Prague. People and maybe the government would want us in Prague, but the latter invalidates this by charging extra high airport charges."
Your stand on carbon emissions tax?
- "Europe has now to compete with Asia, America and Latin America but at the same time imposes new taxes on air travel. We look like idiots who tax themselves thus making our economies less competitive." "We Irish do care for the environment, but indeed my herd of cows produce more greenhouse gases than the entire Ryanair fleet altogether."
Obviously, you don't want to tax these cow emissions either?
- "Actually, I wonder why some idiots in Brussels didn't attempt to introduce it. In contrary, in Europe even the richest farmers, like myself, receive subsidies, and that influences the food prices for all European citizens. These grants belong to the most stupid tools man invented on Earth ever. "
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FR pilots worried about safety on Ryanair
More whistleblowers after Turkish Airlines, now pilots working for Ryanair in interview with swedish television, SVT, swedish equivalent to BBC, here quoted in newspaper "Aftonbladet":
Ryanair-pilot:
(Google translation)
"The worst can happen"
Ryanair pilots warns that their harsh working conditions can be a hazard to flight safety.
It says SVT's Rapport.
One of the two anonymous Ryanair pilots Report talked to said the company sometimes makes unreasonable demands that do not look for safety first and this could lead to incidents and even accidents.
He says the pilots pressed more and more and that it increases the risks.
Pressed on the job
Insiders in Ryanair's business, in interview say that pilots are increasing pressure from their work, where you have to deliver under the contract, be flexible and ready to movements and changes, to be borne by some peripheral and not violate any of all the clauses, because then it becomes a breach of contract.
Pilot: "The worst can happen"
The co-pilot says in interview that the passenger will most likely be intact, but it's a downward spiral:
- If I had to have surgery then I will of course know that the surgeon is well rested, healthy, not afraid to call in sick - we want them flying with Ryanair know they are located at where the light do not always fulfill the requirements. The worst can happen.
Ryanair: "false accusations"
It irlänska Ryanair communications Stephen McNamara said in a written comment to the report that the accusations are false. He admits to question the sick, but says that most companies are following suit.
The Swedish pilot union has no collective bargaining agreement with either Ryanair or British brokerage company that the pilots are employed by.
Ryanair-pilot:
(Google translation)
"The worst can happen"
Ryanair pilots warns that their harsh working conditions can be a hazard to flight safety.
It says SVT's Rapport.
One of the two anonymous Ryanair pilots Report talked to said the company sometimes makes unreasonable demands that do not look for safety first and this could lead to incidents and even accidents.
He says the pilots pressed more and more and that it increases the risks.
Pressed on the job
Insiders in Ryanair's business, in interview say that pilots are increasing pressure from their work, where you have to deliver under the contract, be flexible and ready to movements and changes, to be borne by some peripheral and not violate any of all the clauses, because then it becomes a breach of contract.
Pilot: "The worst can happen"
The co-pilot says in interview that the passenger will most likely be intact, but it's a downward spiral:
- If I had to have surgery then I will of course know that the surgeon is well rested, healthy, not afraid to call in sick - we want them flying with Ryanair know they are located at where the light do not always fulfill the requirements. The worst can happen.
Ryanair: "false accusations"
It irlänska Ryanair communications Stephen McNamara said in a written comment to the report that the accusations are false. He admits to question the sick, but says that most companies are following suit.
The Swedish pilot union has no collective bargaining agreement with either Ryanair or British brokerage company that the pilots are employed by.
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More on the same from the TV interview (Google translation):
According to the union is about 75 percent of the pilots contract employees of Brookfield Aviation International, which mediates the pilots for the company. Ryanair argues that these are less than half.
Swedish pilot union chairman Gunnar Mandahl says that contract employees pilots have not been part of the same security systems that direct employees - increasing the pressure on pilots and can lead to poor air safety.
- In this profession, I see it as extra bad because it puts undue pressure on the individual in some cases may be unsound in terms of safety. It can also be about the weather, cargo, technical problems on the aircraft. It's never popular to make a machine with 200 passengers to sit somewhere and let the airline pay for hotels, delay money, etc., says Gunnar Mandahl to report.
According to the union is about 75 percent of the pilots contract employees of Brookfield Aviation International, which mediates the pilots for the company. Ryanair argues that these are less than half.
Swedish pilot union chairman Gunnar Mandahl says that contract employees pilots have not been part of the same security systems that direct employees - increasing the pressure on pilots and can lead to poor air safety.
- In this profession, I see it as extra bad because it puts undue pressure on the individual in some cases may be unsound in terms of safety. It can also be about the weather, cargo, technical problems on the aircraft. It's never popular to make a machine with 200 passengers to sit somewhere and let the airline pay for hotels, delay money, etc., says Gunnar Mandahl to report.
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FPA: Flying Ryanair is unsafe
It's an official news in Finnish media right now. Flying Ryanair is unsafe. It sounds a bit unfair, said somewhat provocatively and generalising, but that's what Sami Simonen, the chairman of Finnish Pilots' Association, said to Finnish MTV3 television today. Why is it so? "For Ryanair, every employee is too expensive. When the pilot cannot afford to take a sick leave in spite of otitis or other disease, it's dangerous. It's an unsafe airline", Simonen says.
In Simonen's view many other low cost carriers tend to be unsafe as well, precisely for the same reasons. Due to this, FPA monitors several lcc's, also Norwegian is one of them.
PS. And indeed, in the years to come, Norwegian will be even more "dangerous" to domestic airline(s) in this country than Ryanair, fading out somehow.
In Simonen's view many other low cost carriers tend to be unsafe as well, precisely for the same reasons. Due to this, FPA monitors several lcc's, also Norwegian is one of them.
PS. And indeed, in the years to come, Norwegian will be even more "dangerous" to domestic airline(s) in this country than Ryanair, fading out somehow.
Last edited by pee; 7th Feb 2012 at 07:26.
Perhaps Finish pilot should look at close to home before he starts chucking dirt around.............
Incident: Finnair A343 at Hong Kong on Nov 27th 2010, rejected takeoff from taxiway
Crew losing situational awareness
Report: Finnair A320 at Helsinki on May 21st 2010, human slip leads to stall on final approach
the first officer selected flaps up when the captain commanded full flaps.
A contributing factors was, that the entire flight was routine in good conditions reducing the alertness of the first officer and causing lack of concentration.
Incident: Finnair E190 at Oslo on Oct 23rd 2010, struck runway edge lights during takeoff
Wanting to bring the airport lights with the aircraft.
Incident: Finnair A343 at Hong Kong on Nov 27th 2010, rejected takeoff from taxiway
Crew losing situational awareness
Report: Finnair A320 at Helsinki on May 21st 2010, human slip leads to stall on final approach
the first officer selected flaps up when the captain commanded full flaps.
A contributing factors was, that the entire flight was routine in good conditions reducing the alertness of the first officer and causing lack of concentration.
Incident: Finnair E190 at Oslo on Oct 23rd 2010, struck runway edge lights during takeoff
Wanting to bring the airport lights with the aircraft.
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Ryanair will announced tomorrow flights to/from Bilbao Airport (Spain). MOL will travel from DUB to BIO in a charter. This maybe means that the supouses flights to Victoria are NOT going be.
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Geography lessons;FREE. Even with a VISA card. Or an average sized bag.
"....flights to/from Bilbao Airport (Spain). "
¿ Reassuring to know the chap/ess at the pointy end knows which country s/he is aiming at ?
¿ But does s/he know which town ?
It took the boys and the girls from this airline a long time to discover that Girona is about 100km north of BCN whilst Reus is roughly the same distance south. Indeed they still seem pretty confused about it. IMO.
(South is down the way on the map or further on if you are flying from Dublin, for example.) "Just so there is no misunderstanding."
¿ Reassuring to know the chap/ess at the pointy end knows which country s/he is aiming at ?
¿ But does s/he know which town ?
It took the boys and the girls from this airline a long time to discover that Girona is about 100km north of BCN whilst Reus is roughly the same distance south. Indeed they still seem pretty confused about it. IMO.
(South is down the way on the map or further on if you are flying from Dublin, for example.) "Just so there is no misunderstanding."
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FR reserved seats
As regular posters will know already, you can now reserve seats on FR flights at a cost of £5 per sector (on top of the £5 PB cost) which brings them into line with many other carriers.
Only the front rows and the two wing exit rows are available for reservation on the seat map and your confirmation includes the seat numbers. Does any one know how the FA's are going to handle this for boarding- I presume the only way to manage this will be by putting "reserved" on the seats?
(Although I posted a similar question on another site I am hoping to get sensible answers here)
Only the front rows and the two wing exit rows are available for reservation on the seat map and your confirmation includes the seat numbers. Does any one know how the FA's are going to handle this for boarding- I presume the only way to manage this will be by putting "reserved" on the seats?
(Although I posted a similar question on another site I am hoping to get sensible answers here)
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- People with reserved seat board with priority boarding
- All emergency exit seats have reserved sticker on them
- If there is a full flight, but not all the reserved seats have been reserved, they will only be released when all other seats are taken.
In other news rumors doing the rounds that MOL will be holding a press conference in Warsaw on Wednesday.
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And as has been discussed in the slf forum, if the flight is not full, and no-one has purchased the exit seats, the exit seats remain empty the entire flight.
It appears that this is legal, but what would happen if an emergency over-wing evacuation is requred is not clear [to say the least].
It appears that this is legal, but what would happen if an emergency over-wing evacuation is requred is not clear [to say the least].
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BCN base goes from 10 to 13 aircraft and 6 new routes to Alicante, Bilbao, Stockholm, Hamburg and Munich (Memmingen), Menorca and will increase frequencies on six routes: Gran Canaria (frequencies from six to nine), Ibiza (14 to 21), Malaga (21 to 28), Palma (from 21 to 35), Sevilla (21 to 28) and Tenerife (six to eight).
Ryanair abre seis nuevas rutas y basará 13 aviones en El Prat
Ryanair abre seis nuevas rutas y basará 13 aviones en El Prat
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Press conference in Warsaw 11.30 Wednesday to announce the first flights to Warsaw Modlin subject to other parties not changing their mind.
It will be streamed live on Tanie przeloty, linie lotnicze, promocje | Loter.pl it's not expected to be a base as Wizzair have set up a base there which apparently has created a few issues.
It will be streamed live on Tanie przeloty, linie lotnicze, promocje | Loter.pl it's not expected to be a base as Wizzair have set up a base there which apparently has created a few issues.