Ryanair faces inquiry as toilets on aircraft were used as seats
 

Low-cost airline Ryanair faces an investigation after flying from Girona in Spain to London's Stansted airport earlier this week with people seated in the aircraft's toilets.

The airline, which was reported to the regulator following the incident, has acknowledged that the flight was overcrowded and that it should not have happened.

The Irish Aviation Authority, which regulates the behaviour of all Irish-registered aircraft regardless of where in the world they are flying, confirmed last night that it had received a complaint from a passenger on the flight and had initiated an investigation.

The authority has contacted the airline but was unable to say whether it had yet received a formal response. A spokeswoman said the investigation was focusing on safety issues rather than any concern about security.

Ryanair said the incident occurred because too many off-duty staff were allowed on board. A spokesman for the airline said it was seeking explanations from the flight crew and ground staff at Girona airport. Ground operations at Girona are handled for Ryanair by Lesma Handling.

Oh dear oh dear - I wonder how much MOL charged for them seats :suspect:

I guess Iberia will be worried too! Or maybe they don´t get too worked up about such things in Spain?

On a very busy 757 service from Heathrow a few years back, I once saw 7 (yes, SEVEN) additional passengers boarding a flight to TLV with no seats. They were accommodated on the flight deck for take off and landing, and whilst in-flight were told to "go somewhere else" ! These again were staff trying to get home.

Now I think we are drifting into the realms of fantasy! According to my clacs, that now makes nine on the flight deck? Good Flight deck the 757........but that good?

Roof-racks on order!!!!!!!:E :uhoh:

rgds K.I.L.

There will be plenty of room in the holds of FR a/c soon.......:\

I suppose they were the bog-standard seats!!

No wonder they are nicknamed UrineAir

Now dere's an oidea, to be sure.

"Why don't we take the lavatories out and just use a bucket for the women and a funnel on a tube for the men. Should be able to get some people on board that way......."

No doubt the stampede for RyanAir's seats will now take on a new urgency..."Quick with the boarding now, else you'll be sitting in the bog".

Not a new phenomenon. Whilst operating a contract for an airline of one of our near continental neighbours, I was asked by the ramp agent if he could put two passengers in the toilets. I declined.

Funny as it may be to everyone, this practice is actually disgusting, dangerous and entirely illegal. There are no seat belts in toilets. I know that there is oxygen mask provision, but I can't understand why this is being taken so lightly.

Ryanair should be hammered for this. It is a gross breach of all international safety regulations and something akin to beahviour that existed in remote parts of Africa twenty years ago.

I really, really, really hope that all involved in this incident (captains, ground staff and other crew who permitted it) have the book thrown at them. Same for MOL.

Get a grip man - what type of comedy operation are you running? This is the lowest of the low.

It is a gross breach of all international safety regulations and something akin to beahviour that existed in remote parts of Africa twenty years ago.

...Yep, that just about sums the FR operation up...

PHX

p.s. never used to be a fan of "FR bashing", but they just make it so easy these days...

I am neither one for bashing anyone unless its totally deserved. But I just cant believe this particular one. I must personally say that if I were a passenger on a FR flight (or any for that matter) and had I witnessed this prior to take off, I would have refused to allow the aircraft to depart by refusing to take my seat. I would insist on the police being called to the aircraft.

It really gets me going, this crap outfit. And MOL gets away with these things time and time again. What a totally and utter crap comedy company.

Aviaco

Whoa whoa - you'd probably be arrested on "security" grounds, for kicking up a fuss.

yes AVIACO but then you'd have been offloaded and the bloke in the toilet would've taken your seat!:p

I have a colleague who've been paxing once on a major european airline from LAX to Europe in the toilet after being unable for a few days in row to get a seat (she was holding space available ID75 ticket).

Link to source
 

Does anyone have a link to the media where this article was published?

Just remember that it was the staff pax that occupied the toilet seats and not fare paying pax. To me, that makes a big difference. I remember the days when Spanish companies, with whom we had very good relations, often accommodated up to five, yes FIVE ID00N2 ATCOs, spouses and kids on the flightdeck of their DC-8s. Now those were the GOOD OL DAYS! :ok:

How about this one...

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/fro...M1RYANAIR.html

PHX

well...for the price you pay...what do you expect!!