Siemens boycotts Ryanair
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Siemens boycotts Ryanair
The Swedish Svenska Dagbladet reports:
The German industrial group Siemens, with 400,000 employees worldwide, has decided for a global boycott of Ryanair. But Ryanair has threatened legal action.
Siemens Group Management took the decision after Ryanair suffered a number of accidents and incidents in recent times and is a signal to the entire aviation industry.
Ryanair does not look at the decision with approval. ”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against Siemens” said Stephen McNamara, spokesman for Ryanair, to DN.se.
Just five days ago a Ryanair flying from Alicante in Spain to Gothenburg had to make an emergency landing in Denmark. Two Ryanair flights were cancelled at the previous weekend in Spain because of technical problems.
These are just some of the high-profile incidents that budget airline Ryanair has suffered recently. And now, Siemens, manufacturers of white goods, computers and nuclear reactors, has had enough. At a board meeting of the Group Management in Germany, the decision was taken to boycott Ryanair until further notice. The decision applies worldwide for all employees in190 countries worldwide. The boycott applies to all business flights that the Group’s 400,000 employees may need to take.
Mary Baldin, Information and Sustainability manager at Siemens in Sweden, says that the decision taken was with regard to the safety of the employees of Siemens. Baldin referred to recent events including those where Ryanair planes were forced to land because they did not have enough fuel.
With its many employees, Siemens is a major business travel customers. Thus, a boycott could be significant. Does Siemens use Ryanair often? “No, Ryanair is not on the list of the airlines we usually employ. The decision to avoid Ryanair altogether is not only to protect our employees, but is also a signal to the entire aviation industry. We do not accept that safety can be jeopardised to save money”.
The German industrial group Siemens, with 400,000 employees worldwide, has decided for a global boycott of Ryanair. But Ryanair has threatened legal action.
Siemens Group Management took the decision after Ryanair suffered a number of accidents and incidents in recent times and is a signal to the entire aviation industry.
Ryanair does not look at the decision with approval. ”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against Siemens” said Stephen McNamara, spokesman for Ryanair, to DN.se.
Just five days ago a Ryanair flying from Alicante in Spain to Gothenburg had to make an emergency landing in Denmark. Two Ryanair flights were cancelled at the previous weekend in Spain because of technical problems.
These are just some of the high-profile incidents that budget airline Ryanair has suffered recently. And now, Siemens, manufacturers of white goods, computers and nuclear reactors, has had enough. At a board meeting of the Group Management in Germany, the decision was taken to boycott Ryanair until further notice. The decision applies worldwide for all employees in190 countries worldwide. The boycott applies to all business flights that the Group’s 400,000 employees may need to take.
Mary Baldin, Information and Sustainability manager at Siemens in Sweden, says that the decision taken was with regard to the safety of the employees of Siemens. Baldin referred to recent events including those where Ryanair planes were forced to land because they did not have enough fuel.
With its many employees, Siemens is a major business travel customers. Thus, a boycott could be significant. Does Siemens use Ryanair often? “No, Ryanair is not on the list of the airlines we usually employ. The decision to avoid Ryanair altogether is not only to protect our employees, but is also a signal to the entire aviation industry. We do not accept that safety can be jeopardised to save money”.
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I will never use Ryanair either. Nor would I book any of my family on Ryanair.
”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against 763 jock” said Stephen McNamara, spokesman for Ryanair......
Grow up and shut up McNamara. If Siemens don't want to use your product then that is their choice. There are plenty of us who feel the same way.
”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against 763 jock” said Stephen McNamara, spokesman for Ryanair......
Grow up and shut up McNamara. If Siemens don't want to use your product then that is their choice. There are plenty of us who feel the same way.
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”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against Siemens”
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Don't get this - What's Siemens angle on this?
Ryanair aren't on their preferred list and anyway if I was going to not fly with any airline it would probably be AF, you may not like MOL or his business model but it's demonstrably safe. (Some on would say in spite of!)
Ryanair aren't on their preferred list and anyway if I was going to not fly with any airline it would probably be AF, you may not like MOL or his business model but it's demonstrably safe. (Some on would say in spite of!)
I wonder... could this be the first in a line of dominos? Especially if it's the result of advice from risk analysis consultants that may be advising more than one company.
I can't understand how Ryanair could sue Siemens though, unless it was for some sort of defamation perhaps. Whatever happened to "all publicity is good publicity", though? (Yes, the clichéd line, but someone had to say it and it might as well be me.)
I can't understand how Ryanair could sue Siemens though, unless it was for some sort of defamation perhaps. Whatever happened to "all publicity is good publicity", though? (Yes, the clichéd line, but someone had to say it and it might as well be me.)
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”If this story is true, then Ryanair will take legal action against Siemens” said Stephen McNamara, spokesman for Ryanair, to DN.se.
If this story is true, I will definitely be only buying Siemens appliances going forwards.
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Let's be fair. I dislike Ryanair intensely and would never fly on them nor allow any of my family to do so.
This statement is untrue :
I am not aware that they have had a single accident. There may be grave concerns over how safe they are, but is untrue and unfair to say they have 'suffered a number of accidents'. Perhaps it on that basis that they are considering suing.
This statement is untrue :
Siemens Group Management took the decision after Ryanair suffered a number of accidents and incidents in recent times and is a signal to the entire aviation industry.
FWIW here's a link to what I think is the original report,
Siemens bojkottar Ryanair - som hotar med "rättsliga åtgärder" | SvD
The Swedish speakers amongst us it might clarify who said what - I got as far as working out what "Siemens" "bojkottar" and "Ryanair" meant in English, awarded myself 10 out of 10 and gave up.
Just asking - Did the Rome multiple birdstrike and resultant very hard landing get treated/classified as an accident or an incident by the authorities?
(slow) edit to add : FB beat me to it...
Siemens bojkottar Ryanair - som hotar med "rättsliga åtgärder" | SvD
The Swedish speakers amongst us it might clarify who said what - I got as far as working out what "Siemens" "bojkottar" and "Ryanair" meant in English, awarded myself 10 out of 10 and gave up.
I am not aware that they have had a single accident
(slow) edit to add : FB beat me to it...
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One ACCIDENT and a number of INCIDENTS
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Here is the 'offending' sentence :
My knowledge of Swedish is very basic but it is a Germanic based language and I speak German. With a bit of help from Google, it seems that 'tillbud' means incident, and the word for 'accident' (olycka) does not appear. So somewhere the original report appears to have lost something in översättning.
Any Swedish speakers around before I pop next door to ask the Swedish au pair!
Siemens koncernledning har fattat beslutet sedan Ryanair drabbats av ett antal tillbud och incidenter den senaste tiden och är en signal till hela flygbranschen.
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Siemens is a huge multi-national company, well known and respected the world over. If Ryanair choose to take them to court they really are going to bite off more than they can chew
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Sounds to me that the announcement has rattled that cage to the point of panic and the representative opened his mouth without applying some common sense!
I let my wife book our holidays because she enjoys doing so and is a better organiser than I. The only rule I made about this is that she never books flights on that airline. Why? Because as a paying customer, I have a CHOICE.
Irrespective of alleged safety issues, I won't use any company if I don't like their attitude towards their customers. "Take it or leave it" arrogance seems to be their attitude, so in this case I'm simply going along with their own mantra.
I let my wife book our holidays because she enjoys doing so and is a better organiser than I. The only rule I made about this is that she never books flights on that airline. Why? Because as a paying customer, I have a CHOICE.
Irrespective of alleged safety issues, I won't use any company if I don't like their attitude towards their customers. "Take it or leave it" arrogance seems to be their attitude, so in this case I'm simply going along with their own mantra.
Surely a company has the right to make the decision as to what airlines it uses, or are we missing information?
Someone knowledgeable on EU regs will have to step in and comment on this.