Ryanair seem to think not.
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It's the same as the idea he got onto TV to defend - to charge you to take a leak - just a publicity ploy
That O'Leary...he's just grabbing more publicity...let me see if I can dig out some of his better quotes...he'd be funny if he wasn't such a cock.
What was the one about the pilots joining BALPA? I don't care if they're in the f***ing Taliban, but they're not joining a union!
The people in Ryanair's press office must laugh so hard. Every time they come up with some new humiliation to make air travel even less pleasant, some berk at a major news provider picks up on it, turns it into news and you end up with dozens of newsreaders saying "Ryanair" over and over again.
i thought the quid to pee thing was up and running now.
i presume there will still be something to fasten the standing passengers to so why not take more people.
as much as i hate Ryan Air, this guy's got some business brain.
O'Leary is an idiot, and Ryanair wouldn't exist if it wasn't for all the anti-competitive subsidies that it receives from the Irish govenment.
O'Leary is an idiot
Oh he may be an arrogant offensive swine but he's far from an idiot.
'tis actually not a bad idea... it's only being mooted for flights of around 1-2hrs, not that much of a hardship at all. Of course the air safety folk might have something to say about it
And he ain't an idiot... free publicity is awesome 😀
I think physically you've got to be strapped in for take off/landing, but I suppose if that's just to the wall it might technically pass safety examination.
Oh, and the man's quite a rich idiot.
The bit that annoys me is that the headline ticket cost is nothing like the actual cost, by the time every fee you can think of and some you can't, have been added its going to be pretty much the same as any other airline and more than some.
For example, I have just booked a flight at a headline price of £38 each per flight.
By the time all the other crap was added on it had gone like this
Taxes Fees and Charges £192.88
Web check In fee £40.00
Handling Charges £40.00
So in fact we are paying £106.22 per flight.... 279% more than the headline price advertised!
And this after they've been bollocked up hill and down dale for exactly this sort of misleading advertising.
Scandalous, and frankly he must be paying someone very handsomely to keep getting away with it IMHO
Ignoring whether people want to stand for 2 hours, that's going to be "fun" if there's an serious turbulence.