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[Big_Al]

Regulations and Ryan Air are mutually exclusive.

think i've got the point now  . . .you really  really, really   R-e-a-l-l-y   don't like them Taxi  Al . .  do you     

As far a luggage weight goes  . . . told SWMBO  none of those big knickers   . . gotta keep the weight down  .

 only skimpys & thongs allowed        7 pairs of the big 'un's & she'll get nothing else in 

[05omegav6]

 

Tweaked my last, to give it context

[Rog]

No aplologies were offered,just a take it or leave attitude,so I told them to stick it where the sun don't shine and went home and that was the last time  I ever entered an airport and I have absolutely no plans to ever fly again regardless of which ever airline it may be.

I have a lot of empathy with that. I only fly when there really is no alternative. It's not just the airline, or even the actual flying process, it's getting to the airport, being shovelled around (yes, even in 1st Class), waiting around, delays, lost baggage, airports not being where you actually need to get to, even a short hop flight to somewhere in Western Europe can take almost a whole day.

I was leaving from London on the day that Terminal 5 opened. Who remembers that ? 26 hours to get to Milan, and without bags. This was BA. And everyone lied their socks of, BA Staff, Airport Staff everyone lied about the problem. I didn't fly for some years after, and certainly not BA. Western Europe ? I drive. Make time, plan it, relax do some shopping without worrying about getting stuff back, no lost bags as they are in the car. And often it is actually quicker.

[SandBoy]

There T&C......Ryanair does not carry unaccompanied minors under 16 years. Children under the age of 16 years must always be accompanied by a passenger over 16 years. Escort and special facilities are NOT available.

On complaint they told us " The minors were safely seated and accompanied by passengers over 16,our on board staff would have made the accompanying adults aware if the minors had shown any distress"

Blooming hypocrits

[tunnie]

I paid £0.02 for a RyanAir flight once (including all taxes & changes) to fly to Italy return. Took advantage of bug in their site, no to checked bags, no to insurance, no to priory loading bullshit, no nothing.

Fair to say I'd be very unhappy ever paying more than £0.02 for one of their flights 

When they write your name in Bic Biro on the boarding card, it's a downhill slope from there. Adverts plastered through plane, stank, too 

[cleggy]

Yep, that's the way it usually goes, the flight I nearly missed had the four of us all seated separately, not ideal when your kids are only 5 and 8 (at the time). We then moved together into some empty seats which they were keeping empty for take-off and landing for weight distribution

Thought FAA regulations state that children of a certain age had to sit next to the parents for emergency evacuation reasons?

Wouldn't surprise me, but there was no mention of this in my case 

Regulations and Ryan Air are mutually exclusive.

Regarding the fuel issue, I always thought that a plane must land with a minimum amount of fuel still in the plane to cater for emergency or is this not the case anymore?

As to flying with Ryan air, as already stated you get what you pay for and it's cheap if you read their rules

[TheBoy]

All airlines have to meet certain safety and contingency regulations. Ryanair included. Suggesting anything else is scare mongering.

The media hate O'Leary as he bluntly states what he thinks of the scum, which I think makes them keen to print any story.

[dbug]

Al make sure you go to the loo before take off - its no fun using an outside toilet at 30K feet 

[05omegav6]

Not suggesting that they are unsafe, if they flouted the major regulations then the CAA would simply refuse to allow them to operate in UK airspace

They can however be a bit selective when it comes to more mundane things like cleaning. Easyjets weekly cabin cleaning budget probably tops £2000 per aircraft. I would suggest that Ryan Airs is about 15% of that at best

[ronnyd]

Have flown Ryan Air quite a few times and as said by others, as long as you read the booking forms properly and be
careful when you press the buttons you should be fine. Hope my words don,t come back to bite me in the bum as
i am using them again next month, STN to Reus and back for £110 for two. Pleased with that

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, that's the way it usually goes, the flight I nearly missed had the four of us all seated separately, not ideal when your kids are only 5 and 8 (at the time). We then moved together into some empty seats which they were keeping empty for take-off and landing for weight distribution

Thought FAA regulations state that children of a certain age had to sit next to the parents for emergency evacuation reasons?

Wouldn't surprise me, but there was no mention of this in my case 

Regulations and Ryan Air are mutually exclusive.

Regarding the fuel issue, I always thought that a plane must land with a minimum amount of fuel still in the plane to cater for emergency or is this not the case anymore?

As to flying with Ryan air, as already stated you get what you pay for and it's cheap if you read their rules

Yep, IIRC, in that case, it was just that they didn't carry enough fuel to hold (or decided their passengers could lump it rather than them burning more fuel) , so had to divert, hence pi$$ing a lot of passengers off whilst other airlines could get their passengers where they were going.

Frankly, I think Sleazyjet are bad enough, so I have no intention of ever sampling Lyingair.

[Varche]

Have flown Ryan Air quite a few times and as said by others, as long as you read the booking forms properly and be
careful when you press the buttons you should be fine. Hope my words don,t come back to bite me in the bum as
i am using them again next month, STN to Reus and back for £110 for two. Pleased with that

Ah Reus. Know it well. We were taking off with Ryanair  a few years back and just left the ground when we had a multiple bird strike(there are flocks of black and white seagulls that take off every time a plane scares them). The pilot did a truly magificent job of getting us back on the deck and stopped before running out of space. Everything not bolted down was at the front of the plane in a smelly heap. Most Everyone was evil towards Ryanair. We had 1£ flights and immediately grabbed a taxi and went into town for the night. Some of the cost covered by our insurance. Next day we were put on the same time flight at no charge.

Have a nice flight. It should be on time.

[Rods2]

No experience of Ryanair, although my ex-wife and daughter have used them a few times with no problems apart from a foot on the baggage scales trick.

The only budget airline I have used is Wizzair from Luton which I found, so far, very good. Likewise, my experience of Luton is much better than Gatwick, where if your flight at Gatwick is slightly delayed so it misses its take-off slot you can be delayed for hours (Heathrow is as bad) where the runway operates at 99% capacity and the time from flight landing to getting out of the airport at Luton is much quicker with no immigration delays or long waiting for baggage. The biggest annoyance is the Dick Turpin BAA £1 (now £2) pickup charge.

[Varche]

No experience of Ryanair, although my ex-wife and daughter have used them a few times with no problems apart from a foot on the baggage scales trick.

The only budget airline I have used is Wizzair from Luton which I found, so far, very good. Likewise, my experience of Luton is much better than Gatwick, where if your flight at Gatwick is slightly delayed so it misses its take-off slot you can be delayed for hours (Heathrow is as bad) where the runway operates at 99% capacity and the time from flight landing to getting out of the airport at Luton is much quicker with no immigration delays or long waiting for baggage. The biggest annoyance is the Dick Turpin BAA £1 (now £2) pickup charge.

£3 at Leeds Bradford or £6 if it is a van!!

[mantahatch]

I flew with ryanair from Bournemouth in April this year. I pay the extra £10.00 for reserved seating with extra leg room. It is worth it. You are gauranteed to sit next to your travelling companion and I am quite tall so the extra leg room is a plus. But you are not fightting for a seat.