I'm off to Malaga (do you consider that an out of the way airport?) in a couple of days with Ryanair, no qualms whatsoever, in fact I can't wait to get going :ok:

£35 all up return from Birmingham if you're wondering.

The most scary thing about flying Ryanair is the mad scramble by many trying to get board and the congestion at boarding gates.....and what is this :mad:about only EU passport holders can check in on line?

Forgot totally about that - and as the other half is Australian its just another money grabbing issue from our fav' Irish registed company.

Although I fully understand that during a flight in difficult circs, it is impossible generally to communicate with the cattle, however, after it is all over, a little word to us down the back would do wonders to alleviate any fears.

When this is NOT done after a hit with turbulence or a go around or whatever, most non pilots think the worst and hence the fear.

It is lack of communication that is the problem. We are not all professional pilots, and we don't know what is normal and what is not. We are in a tube, out of control and believe me a word from the deck is worth a fortune when things seem unusual.

More importantly do their staff really look like this?.


Ryanair flies into a storm with 'sexist' charity calendar featuring scantily clad cabin crew | Mail Online

Well as you're insisting on thread drift, I find it irritating because it's a totally and utterly useless occupation? It also has shades of 'look after me oh Lordy- these undeservings around me can GTH!'. I imagine lots of crosses were crossed at MAD recently, and look where it got them. If there is a Lordy up there (which there isn't, it's a pagan 'comfort blanket belief'), is He really going to take any notice? He will leave you to it- but it does show everyone around what a pious, pretentious, 'better than thou' twit you are!

Certainly not wishing to offend anyone! As if I would!

And just out of fairness, the other lots are even worse.

HAHAHAHA....rainboe... Im not even going to rise to that as your clearly a to$$er... damn, you made me bite. **** your good.

DPT

I'm not paid to be liked! I'm paid to get the job done. I have a low patience rating. I think the slap on the cheek approach is better than the 'hold my hand, look into my eyes, it will be alright' approach, which doesn't actually work, it panders to these peoples attention grabbing desire. Example: Jumbo, 200 odd people, doors closed at SYD, about to push back. Told by CC 'we can't go, woman demanding to get off- nervous flyer'. Senior Staff Grand Captain of the Fleet Rainboe unbuckles, tells everybody to stop everything- we will prob miss our slot now, jackets up and goes downstairs and finds this miserable simpering crying heap of jelly quivering away saying she 'can't go', and her seriously embarrassed hubbie trying to calm her. Decide: let her off, find her bags- get new slot- poss 2 hour delay, or knock some sense into the daft numptie? I went for the 'mental slap' approach. I pointed out SHE had bought the ticket, she had agreed the terms of travel, and here we are pushing back and she insists on getting off NOW? (loud voice). I told her she was going to travel because that is what everybody else wanted to do, sit down and please STFU. It helped letting those around know we would be seriously delayed if she was pandered to. It worked. The 'hold my hand' approach would have had us all delayed hours She travelled- never heard any more. I bet she'd thank me now- reckon it conquored her fear in an instant.

It's all attention seeking. An audience is what they want. If that audience is going to flatten you because you are going to seriously inconvenience them, the problem mysteriously 'disappears'. They want to be pandered to. It's spoilt people who indulge themselves in these 'nerves'. That's why I say 'deal with it, or swim, but don't go boring everyone to death with your pathetic phobias purrlease!'

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This is not 5c advice. Rainboe saved big $$$ acting as he did. Science should pay him a royalty.

Rainboe:
How true...and from your own lips..

Mods, why don't you just lock this thread and ban the idiot for a while....?

What? And stop the fun!

I found Rainboe's post above quite amusing. Reminded me of that scene in "Airplane" (I think it was), where they all lined up to take it in turns to slap the hysterical woman.

Er....isn't it against the law to get abusive at other members? Wow- I've been abused by a 'C172 pilot'. I'm humbled. Like being attacked by a dead sheep! So Mod......is it against the rules to abuse other members or not? And what are you going to do about it?

Memo to self:
Do not become SLF on a 757 a/c from a southern airport - Deranged captain - days away from a medical - on the loose

Thanks for that slim shady I appreciate it I will

me, me, me
 

i want to be first in the cue to slap hysterecal rainboe

Perhaps you should enrol in nightschool first and get yourself educated. 5 errors in that statement! You are illiterate.

Interesting post ce matin from my esteemed colleague con-pilot:
Er.....that seems to cover most loudmouth, know nothing contributors here with no experience or knowledge of the industry!

Rainboe

You are in danger of becoming the most ridiculous poster since Capt Ed was chucked off here many moons ago.

This is the SLF forum and the mission is Therefore people are empowered to say what they think, no matter how daft it seems to you.

I used to enjoy your posts some time ago, as an ex BA 747 and subsequent short haul captain you undoubtedly know the industry better than most.

Unfortunately, your recent contributions are so vitriolic that they make you look like an idiot and as someone with qualifications/experience of working in psychology, your views on nervous/frightened passengers are disturbing.

Sorry to be blunt, but it needed saying.

two-faced, or what . . . . . . . ?
 

Something very very similar was going through my mind too. Being a pilot, and especially being a commander, is about a LOT more than just operating the flying controls !

I often wonder how Rainboe acts or speaks in the presence of his AME when he is getting his class 1 renewed. I'd be damned certain it would be unrecognisable from the persona we see portrayed here.

The term "keyboard warrior" springs to mind...

Urban Dictionary: keyboard warrior