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Has any company since Ratners got a worse reputation than Ryanair? I would not fly with them under any circumstances - simply appalling the way they treat their staff and "customers". The CEO comes across as a really nasty piece of work.
 
You think Ryanair are bad. Try Vueling the cheap Spanish subsidiary of Iberia. We go to Spain often, have family living there and know a bit about various places.

Have need ed to fly with Vueling several times , about 8 within Spain and they have changed flights 6 times once twice and are terrible to deal with.

Had flights booked over Christmas with Hotel accommodation prepaid and they have cancelled BOTH flights. Not interested in my problem.The reason I booked this time was the flight timings were excellent- initially!

Avoid Vueling at all cost.

Back to original post and feel this will backfire. Find them OK but Jet 2 are a breath of fresh air at present.Travel with them often and they have upped their game and whilst Michael O'Leary has tried to be on a charm offensive over the last 2/3 years' a leopard does not change its spots!

Repeat AVOID VUELING
 
In the good old days, flying was a luxurious affair, but was expensive. Laker and more latterly the budget airlines have opened up the world to the masses which is truly amazing. However, it seems to me that Ryanair have realised that the price of the ticket is everything and as long as the price seems low (in reality it sometimes isn't) they can treat their customers like poo. If people keep going back for more, nothing will change. I hope they will learn a valuable lesson.

It reminds me of the story about Michael O'Leary, Ryanair CEO buying a pint of Guinness.
Barman: That will be €2
O'Leary: That seems very reasonable.
Barman: We think so too. Now, would you like a glass with that?
 
There is a spoof safety video that some of the other airlines have that makes fun of Ryanair.

"In the event of an emergency, oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling. Insert one euro or one pound and air will flow for two minutes. Top up with more coins when necessary."
 
5 of us are due to fly to Malaga (and hopefully back again) in 3 weeks for our tennis weekend, regrettably we are booked on Ryanair, we try not to whenever possible but the timings worked best for us with them, I am hoping we don't get 'bounced' but either way we will do our utmost in the future to not touch Ryan(notinthe)air with a barge pole.
 
I have been once with them, but never again. Sooner or later one of their planes is going to drop out of the sky. I remember during the Icelandic Volcano drama we were due to fly back from La Manga and on this day they cancelled all their flights out of Murcia. Apparently they sometimes land with barely a teaspoon of fuel left, so on that occasion there was nothing in reserve to circumvent the ash cloud. All their punters were left stranded. Thankfully we were with Jet2, and we got home fine. No cancellation or drama.
 
lex! said:
I have been once with them, but never again. Sooner or later one of their planes is going to drop out of the sky. I remember during the Icelandic Volcano drama we were due to fly back from La Manga and on this day they cancelled all their flights out of Murcia. Apparently they sometimes land with barely a teaspoon of fuel left, so on that occasion there was nothing in reserve to circumvent the ash cloud. All their punters were left stranded. Thankfully we were with Jet2, and we got home fine. No cancellation or drama.
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As much as I dislike Ryanair, I would take that with more than a very large pinch of salt. Aircraft have to legally have sufficient fuel on board for a good length of holding and a diversion, so unless they'd already diverted and had declared a fuel emergency thats a load of rubbish.
 
Just back from Faro on Jet2. Couldn't have gone better. Flights took off and landed on time. Planes were surprisingly spacious. Staff were friendly. 100% them again next year.
 
SaintHacker said:
As much as I dislike Ryanair, I would take that with more than a very large pinch of salt. Aircraft have to legally have sufficient fuel on board for a good length of holding and a diversion, so unless they'd already diverted and had declared a fuel emergency thats a load of rubbish.
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Thanks for calling my contribution rubbish mate, that shows real class. Why don't Ryan air ever go into airports that operate a queuing procedure?
 
SaintHacker said:
As much as I dislike Ryanair, I would take that with more than a very large pinch of salt. Aircraft have to legally have sufficient fuel on board for a good length of holding and a diversion, so unless they'd already diverted and had declared a fuel emergency thats a load of rubbish.
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Quick google search showed in 2012 they made 28 emergency landings for low fuel.

Reading from it showed they run into trouble for it so they have clearly have not done it for 5 years but still worrying all the same.
 
lex! said:
I have been once with them, but never again. Sooner or later one of their planes is going to drop out of the sky. I remember during the Icelandic Volcano drama we were due to fly back from La Manga and on this day they cancelled all their flights out of Murcia. Apparently they sometimes land with barely a teaspoon of fuel left, so on that occasion there was nothing in reserve to circumvent the ash cloud. All their punters were left stranded. Thankfully we were with Jet2, and we got home fine. No cancellation or drama.
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https://www.flightdeckfriend.com/how-much-fuel-are-aircraft-required-to-carry/
 
Spare a thought for poor ole Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair.

After arriving in a hotel in Manchester, he went to the bar and asked for a pint of Guinness.

The barman nodded and said, "That will be £1 please, Mr. O’Leary."

Somewhat taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over his money.

"Well, we do try to stay ahead of the competition", said the lbarman. "And we are serving free pints every Wednesday from 6 pm until 8 pm. We have the cheapest beer in England".

"That is remarkable value", Michael comments.

"I see you don't seem to have a glass, so you'll probably need one of ours. That will be £3 please."

O'Leary scowled, but paid up.

He took his drink and walked towards a seat. "Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra £2. You could have pre-booked the seat, and it would have only cost you £1."

"I think you may be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this frame please".

Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can't squeeze in, he complains "Nobody would fit in that little frame".

"I'm afraid if you can't fit in the frame you'll have to pay an extra surcharge of £4 for your seat sir".

O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up. "I see that you have brought your laptop with you" added the barman. "And since that wasn't pre-booked either, that will be another £3."

O'Leary was so incensed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on the counter, and yelled, "This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the manager".

"I see you want to use the counter," says the barman, "that will be £2 please."

O'Leary's face was red with rage. "Do you know who I am?"

"Of course I do Mr. O'Leary."

"I've had enough! What sort of a Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!"

"Here is his e-mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9.00 am and 9.01am every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free, until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only £1 per second, or part thereof".

"I will never use this bar again".

"OK sir, but do remember, we are the only hotel in England selling pints for £1."
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Bet it didn't go down well with Pilots when O Leary said " It's easy flying a plane the computer does most of the work".

Its a pity this computer didn't do the holiday rosta.

Wonder if a computer will ever be CEO it could not do a worse job!
 
I can't believe they have the arrogance to still be advertising on TV at the moment.
I know only a small percentage of total flights are being cancelled, but there's zero security when you book that you're actually going to fly.
Unless you have no choice - dates etc - why would anyone book with them at the moment...
 
Imurg said:
I can't believe they have the arrogance to still be advertising on TV at the moment.
I know only a small percentage of total flights are being cancelled, but there's zero security when you book that you're actually going to fly.
Unless you have no choice - dates etc - why would anyone book with them at the moment...
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Because they are still cheap - unfortunately don’t expect this to make any difference to them
 
My wife was left stranded in Nice for 2 days after her return flight was cancelled. Flew back with Jet2 as the next RyanAir flight was a further 3 days later.

She was happy enough to be in Nice for an extra couple of days and she will grab a load of compo back to go with the extra tan.

RyanAir are just a long haul bus service in my eyes. Never had too much of an issue with them. They are what they are. The owner though seems like a right chop! Word is that he has taken €40 million out of the business this year
 
Flew lots of times on Ryanair, Jet2 and EasyJet. Never had a problem with Ryanair nor Jet2. Sadly, had almost every flight on EasyJet out of Aberdeen, Alicante and Luton run very late - flights out of Glasgow have been spot on, to be fair.

Have they screwed up very badly with the current issues? Hell yes! Would I use them again once they're past this farce? Not a problem using them.
 
I just find it ironic that they are running an ad campaign on Sky at the moment saying how wonderful they are!
 
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