Another ryanair bash!
 

Bit of news for the news section:

Ryanair have banned their employees from charging their mobile phones whilst at work. (scource BBC working lunch+various tabliods)

Well as it costs approx 0.005p to fully charge a mobile and lets say that 100 (overestimate) people do it every working day (mon-fri) then thats 50p a day which equates to £130.00 a year.

What's the big deal there, surely employee moral is worth that?

BB :bored:

I didn't actually believe this. Now FR bashing (a sport in its own right) has gone too far.

But it's here

Financial saving: nil.
Overall cost to the company: has to be lots.

This action really does say something quite significant about FR.

The bottom line:

If it's worth bashing, bash the crap out of it! :E

Works on my car, anyway...

If they are cutting costs to that extent, the FR boys need to start taking spanners to work and check that all the vital bits are tight... MOL is probably telling them not to fit split pins or safety wire to save money...

There'll be a sign in the bogs saying use only one sheet at a time and use both sides:rolleyes:

I wonder what the electric company would say about them doing this....... I wonder when someone within the FR walls will be sacked for charging their phone at work. The lawyers would have a field day.

I often thought the future was bright, and the future was orange. I ain't talking about the NOKIA type either !!

Don´t get mad, get even!
 

Just push the TOGA button once on you last flight, before leaving the company! ;)

That way Ryanair will lose the equivalent of a couple thousand telephone charges! :cool:

Ryanair bars staff from charging mobiles
 

Avoiding costs at all cost....

Mark Tran
Friday April 22, 2005

The budget airline Ryanair today took its no-frills approach to new heights by banning its staff from charging their mobile phones at work.

In justifying a move likely to underline its Scrooge-like image, Europe's largest discount airline said it did not believe using a mobile phone charger at work was acceptable.

"The cost may not be expensive but every penny saved counts and all savings go back towards lowering fares for European consumers," Ryanair said.

The ban on charging mobiles is the latest cost-saving measure at the Dublin-based airline, which is constantly on the lookout to shave costs. The carrier does not have assigned seats, does not provide free food and drink and does not provide refunds for missed connections. Ryanair staff also have to buy their own uniforms.

Last year, Ryanair and Stansted airport lost an appeal against a decision that they must provide free wheelchairs for disabled passengers. The case arose after Ryanair charged a disabled man £18 for the use of a wheelchair. Ryanair argued that Stansted should provide a free wheelchair service as it levied the charge.

Still, the no-frills approach has gone down well with the travelling public. After rapid expansion, Ryanair is now Europe's biggest low-cost carrier and Michael Mr O'Leary, its flamboyant chief executive, has ambitions for Ryanair to become Europe's largest airline in five years.

To achieve this goal, Ryanair - although it is watching the pennies - ordered 70 new Boeing jets with a list price of $4.6bn (£2.4bn) in February. The company is buying the Boeing 737-800s at a knockdown price and has an option of doubling its order to 140 aircraft.

The new aircraft will allow Ryanair to increase its passenger numbers from an expected 34 million this year to 70 million in 2011, creating 2,500 jobs and taking it ahead of British Airways and Air France. Ryanair reported profits of £20m in the last quarter of 2004.

Ryanair said staff at the company's head office had not been upset by the ban on mobile phone charging, which it said did not come from Mr O'Leary.

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Actually, easyJet are europe's biggest low cost carrier. They have over 100 aircraft now, and expanding at 25% a year.

:rolleyes: If the company can measure the cost, I'll refund double.

Do they also ban kettles or fan heaters in the offices, do they turn all lights off and computers at night. I can understand them wanting to save pennies, or pence, but for the energy consumption of 1 kettle boiled, or even worse those miniboil hot water units, you could charge 10,000 phones.

Exactly Ozgrade, its not got anything to do with Saving Money, its to send a message to employees of their perceived worth, simple as.

@ jetteson

"Actually, easyJet are europe's biggest low cost carrier. They have over 100 aircraft now, and expanding at 25% a year."

Wrong - In 2004, Ryanair carried 24.6 million passengers while easyjet carried 24.3 million. Check the websites

Easyjet have over 100 aircraft. Ryanair have over 100 Brand New 737-800's. Nuff Said

As wheelchair costs were mentioned, may I ask a question on this 'charge/cost' issue.

It was said that RYR had to pay 18.00 for a wheel chair, tried to charger the pax etc.etc. and it was ruled that RYR & BAA should share the charge. RYR said they would add a levy to their tickets. Scare tactics, perhaps.

Recently I bolught a RYR return ticket and it included 6.36euros for insurance & wheelchair levy. (I had already opted out of the other insurance scam on the RYR booking site, whereby it is included unless you cancel it.) I do not want or need any of there insurance, but there it was anyway, and wrapped up with the wheelchair levy.

Now, RYR have a policy of a max 4 wheelchair pax per sector. If the charge is 18.00 GBP's x 4 = 72.00 = 105 euros. 189x85%(load factor) = 160 pax at 6.36 = 1017euros.

This smells of a complete scam and how the matter has been turned into a profit maker for RYR via very stealthy means. AND there is no choice, other than another carrier.

In any case, this levy is only valid for a pax who does not have a personal wheelchair. The use of airport wheelchairs is very very rare, but the charge is levied on every single ticket, wheelchairs or not.

Scandlous!! Any comments on this from within?

Blimey,

You read some interesting bits on this site and you read some right old c**p.

I don't know where this one came from (and Yes I have read the link) but as one who works for the company it is highly worthy of filing in the "B" for bin catogory.

If they banned mobile phone chargers the place would stop as the batteries died. The company uses mobiles as much as anyone else for daily business and as such people can be contacted for a wide variety of reasons.

Its just another bit of bashing Ryanair I'm afraid which after a while gets tiresome.

No its not a perfect company and no things that go on are not ideal. The end result is you are paid to do a job, you come in do the job and go home..........................................thats the deal.

They pay well for this service and the professional people who perform this service work very hard and get on with it.

If you dont like it you are free to go..................................It's your choice.

Still anything for a bit of "News". Mind you if you want to see what life is like on the other side, ask a few of the guys who have just crossed the fence from our orange cousins and listen to the horror stories and nightmares they can recall. However it not fashionable to knock the orange machine off because which grey suit do you pick on first....................................There are plenty if anyone knows there names.

Still must go and empty the Bin! - can't wait for the next newsworthy item

Seeya

Unison reports this [ Independent News and Media ]

Irish airline Ryanair has banned its staff from charging their mobile phones at work as part of its relenting campaign to cut costs.

A spokesman for the company said: "The cost may not be expensive, but every penny saved counts and all savings go back towards lowering fares for European consumers."

Ryanair staff already have to buy their own uniforms, while the airline offers no free food on its flights and refuses to provide refunds for missed connections.

The airline also came under fire last year when it charged a disabled British man £18 to bring his wheelchair onto a flight at Stanstead Airport.

Chargers draw about 10 watts - and take about an hour to re-charge a phone.

UK electricity is about 6 pence for a kilowatt hour, so you could re-charge 100 mobiles for 6p.

Ryanair employs 2,600 people, and if they each re-charge their mobile at work once a week, it would cost about £15 per week, a total of £750 a year :{ :{

But surely the point was that Ryanair get mentioned in the media again with no charge (sorry) whilst the public couldn't give a hoot about the employees mobile phones just the lowest fares they can get.

RAT 5 said that he paid a compulsory fee for insurance and the wheelchair levy. The answer to not be able to opt out of the amount is simple - every passenger must ask for a wheelchair!



I may be dylsexlic but I've learned to spell "cocktip". er cockpit.

I wonder if they have ever thought of charging pilots for their fuel; after all they don't pay for their seats. :D

asheng, do I get you right.... are you saying that you are an employee of Ryanair and that you deny that this story is true?