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As for leasing................ not unsurprisingly Sale and Leaseback is a very efficient way to look after your own cash. Means someone else funds it at a low interest rate while you use the cash.
Few UK retailers own their own stores................ they buy the land and build it they sales and lease back the stores.
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A particular problem is that if you want to sue them for more than they feel like offering, you have to do so in the Irish small claims court.
And on another matter, quite a few companies issue shares to their employees; it's encouraged by the taxman. Save as you earn, I think it's called.
And on another matter, quite a few companies issue shares to their employees; it's encouraged by the taxman. Save as you earn, I think it's called.
What the CAA should do now is come out with a statement saying they will open an investigation of EU261 practices in all airlines operating in the UK and set-up an advice line where passengers of all airlines can call up and get advice over flights which they have took over the last number of years and claim compensation from their airline and the CAA will back them up.
Compliance with EU261 directives is an industry wide problem and needs to be treated as such rather than dealing with Ryanair's issues and then avoiding the actual wider issue which needs to be tackled.
Compliance with EU261 directives is an industry wide problem and needs to be treated as such rather than dealing with Ryanair's issues and then avoiding the actual wider issue which needs to be tackled.
If the CAA are interpreting EU261 in a way that is incorrect then Ryanair can follow their interpretation and then challenge it in court. A Judge finding that interpretation and demands by CAA were unreasonable and not backed by any case law would end up CAA paying ALL the costs involved in it.
Someone at CAA is attempting to make a name for themselves.
CAA will try and do this in the Court of Media Opinion but when it gets to Legal Court they may find the Judge interprets it differently.
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True but in the eye of disgruntled customers yet again Ryanair look like they still have no respect for customers or the law they may as well just still two fingers up at everyone yet again PR disaster.
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If the CAA are interpreting EU261 in a way that is incorrect then Ryanair can follow their interpretation and then challenge it in court. A Judge finding that interpretation and demands by CAA were unreasonable and not backed by any case law would end up CAA paying ALL the costs involved in it.
Someone at CAA is attempting to make a name for themselves.
Someone at CAA is attempting to make a name for themselves.
The Ryanair letter being in the public domain is very handy for me since it can be used against both the airlines and the CAA if the former doesn't want to pay up or the later doesn't force them to, needless to say I've quoted their words in my complaints.
I will let people know how I get on but I doubt it will be anytime soon.
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I'm not saying it will happen but if the CAA grandstand on this and are found to be wrong then it could be an expensive bill for them.
I think what irritates me is that the regulator are only taking action when it hits the headlines, when it appears to have been standard practice amongst some airlines for years. Certainly I was one of hundreds of EZY pax who were refused alternative travel in BCN last year.
Even now the EZY website says alternative carriers are only offered if they can't you to your destination in 48 hours - is this right?
Even now the EZY website says alternative carriers are only offered if they can't you to your destination in 48 hours - is this right?
In the unfortunate event that your flight is cancelled you can transfer to another easyJet flight for free or if you’d prefer you can get a full refund....
If we’re unable to get you to your destination within 48 hours you can switch to another airline, take a train or bus or hire a car. The alternative transport should be within the price range you paid for your original return flight or as close to it as possible.
If we’re unable to get you to your destination within 48 hours you can switch to another airline, take a train or bus or hire a car. The alternative transport should be within the price range you paid for your original return flight or as close to it as possible.
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This is an industry wide problem and the CAA need to treat it as such rather than picking and choosing who they are going to enforce it on.
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That doesn't sound like it complies on many grounds, especially with the restrictions on price and the timeframe limits that they are putting on it
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Again this is clearly not adhering to the kind of guidelines that the CAA are trying to implement.
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If we’re unable to get you to your destination within 48 hours you can switch to another airline, take a train or bus or hire a car. The alternative transport should be within the price range you paid for your original return flight or as close to it as possible.
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I think what irritates me is that the regulator are only taking action when it hits the headlines, when it appears to have been standard practice amongst some airlines for years. Certainly I was one of hundreds of EZY pax who were refused alternative travel in BCN last year.
You should put a claim into Easyjet right now and use the CAA's letter and their interpretation of the rules as basis for that so they have to pay out, if they don't write to the CAA and push them to force Easyjet to do it.
If they still don't do it write to the EC and complain that Easyjet is not adhering to European regulations and the CAA are refusing to enforce EU regulations as is their duty as the regulator in the UK.
I'm not defending Ryanair here, simply saying that this is far from just a Ryanair issue, the fact that airlines have been able to get away with it for so long is the reason that so many airlines are at it since they knew the regulator has been toothless in the past.
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Ryanair expected to come out fighting now over what they believe is cherry picking of airlines by the CAA in relation to enforcement action.
I would be interested to see if they now made a complaint to the European Commission.
I would be interested to see if they now made a complaint to the European Commission.
When I was disrupted (not by RYR but a UK lo co) I was given the runaround. Did not bother faffing with the CAA or the ADR schemes, all toothless. Instead small claims court was straight forward and of course in the end the lo co coughed up. It's a game to them and it's time the CAA sorted it out for all carriers.
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Ryanair has buckled:
Ryanair Explains How And When It Will Re-Route Customers Affected By Flight Cancellations | Ryanair's Corporate Website
They could have ignored the CAA, but it would have been worse ignoring Varadkar with a bit of their own regulator the IAA thrown in:
Varadkar calls on Ryanair to ensure passengers' rights are protected | BreakingNews.ie
Ryanair Explains How And When It Will Re-Route Customers Affected By Flight Cancellations | Ryanair's Corporate Website
They could have ignored the CAA, but it would have been worse ignoring Varadkar with a bit of their own regulator the IAA thrown in:
Varadkar calls on Ryanair to ensure passengers' rights are protected | BreakingNews.ie
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Ryanair now are questioning why the CAA are not doing anything about BA
Ryanair has called upon the UK CAA to now require UK airlines to comply with these EU261 obligations which the CAA did not apply to British Airways in May this year, when a computer meltdown stranded hundreds of thousands of British citizens/visitors at London Heathrow and many other airports, with no apparent action taken by the CAA in respect of re-accommodation or enforcement against British Airways.
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When I was disrupted (not by RYR but a UK lo co) I was given the runaround. Did not bother faffing with the CAA or the ADR schemes, all toothless. Instead small claims court was straight forward and of course in the end the lo co coughed up. It's a game to them and it's time the CAA sorted it out for all carriers.