Ryanair and maintanence

[Jorge Newberry]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/s...402946,00.html

If you scroll down to "Unusual modesty" you'll find some observations about how much Ryanair and EasyJet are spending on maintanence.

Any thoughts?

And no, I am not a curious journalist. I am a curious punter.

[Genghis the Engineer]

Almost certainly down to differences in their accounting systems I'd guess, along possibly with some major maintenance expenses coming up at different times.

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[asheng]

Nothing to do with good enginers who know what there doing then?

[Jorge Newberry]

I only asked because one lot spending *ten* times more than another seems a trifle curious....

[mary_hinge]

It’s worse than that, the Ryanair figure is quoted in Euro. One heck of an accounting trick if it is that, keeping in mind that 29K Euro might cover slightly more than an “A” check, it would not cover the annual routine maintenance requirements!

[scolgan]

I doubt Mick is taking short cuts, hes even said himself on numerous occasions hed never chance safety. One crash and he is ruined!