Ryan air flights
Discussion
Tonto said:
Why do they do this I wonder? Every time I land on a Ryanair plane, its always with an almighty BANG.
I've not experienced this with any other airline.
Apparently the story is that Ryanair fly to a real mix of destinations, some of them short airfields with basic landing aids whilst dealing with the vagaries of European weather. Add to that the fact that their 737-800s are famously trickier to land smoothly than earlier versions due to their weight and wing loading so as a result they have a policy that pilots need to land in the touchdown zone of the runway with no messing about hunting for a soft landing, regardless of runway length for that particular landing. It's a safety thing and makes sense really so that every landing is treated as a fairly marginal one, although it's not great for passenger comfort. It must be pointed out though that a wonderfully soft and seemingly skilled landing from a passenger point of view might be an incredibly poor and potentially dangerous one from an safety point of view if the pilot used up two thirds of the runway before setting down to achieve it. I've not experienced this with any other airline.
Muzzer79 said:
+1
Easyjet are fine.
Ryanair are a hateful, hateful company run by a hateful, hateful man.
ETA - I also hate the way the general consensus is to fly with someone else if you don't like them. Believe me, I wish I could, but they're the only airline that fly to some places from the UK so one has little choice but to use them....
Spot on.Easyjet are fine.
Ryanair are a hateful, hateful company run by a hateful, hateful man.
ETA - I also hate the way the general consensus is to fly with someone else if you don't like them. Believe me, I wish I could, but they're the only airline that fly to some places from the UK so one has little choice but to use them....
I tried them recently, wasn't too impressed.
We had seat numbers on the way out, but not back. Travelling with a 2 1/2 year old I was a bit worried all 3 of us would sit together. Of course there was a toilet emergency just before boarding, and we were last on. Folk were fighting for seats, so I knew we wouldn't sit together. One of the cabin crew discreetly shoved us into 3 reserved seats they must have been saving for problem passengers, bit of a result.
I admire their model, I work with 14 different airlines, but they're all legacy flag carriers. How Ryanair operate is interesting, I admire the way they start boarding BEFORE the aircraft arrives, however off the back of many airline audits, I spotted quite a few howlers from the ground crew (non Ryanair staff).
The cockpit crew do OK out of it, the only grumble I hear is they don't have free reign over how much fuel they can take on at outstations. The rest of the staff are paid a pittance, and it's reflected in their work ethic.
For me in Oslo, there are much better alternatives. I enjoy air travel, I'll get flamed for this in all probability, but I prefer to use a better airport and not travel with people who clap when the plane lands.
I did spot a genuine rip off at an airport recently, it was a hand luggage weighing machine.
You place your hand luggage on the machine to see if the weight is OK. You then select the airline you are flying with. It then tells you if the bag is too heavy or not. That's it. Yes or no, it didn't give the troglodytes using it the actual weight, just a yes or a no. Cracking stuff.
We had seat numbers on the way out, but not back. Travelling with a 2 1/2 year old I was a bit worried all 3 of us would sit together. Of course there was a toilet emergency just before boarding, and we were last on. Folk were fighting for seats, so I knew we wouldn't sit together. One of the cabin crew discreetly shoved us into 3 reserved seats they must have been saving for problem passengers, bit of a result.
I admire their model, I work with 14 different airlines, but they're all legacy flag carriers. How Ryanair operate is interesting, I admire the way they start boarding BEFORE the aircraft arrives, however off the back of many airline audits, I spotted quite a few howlers from the ground crew (non Ryanair staff).
The cockpit crew do OK out of it, the only grumble I hear is they don't have free reign over how much fuel they can take on at outstations. The rest of the staff are paid a pittance, and it's reflected in their work ethic.
For me in Oslo, there are much better alternatives. I enjoy air travel, I'll get flamed for this in all probability, but I prefer to use a better airport and not travel with people who clap when the plane lands.
I did spot a genuine rip off at an airport recently, it was a hand luggage weighing machine.
You place your hand luggage on the machine to see if the weight is OK. You then select the airline you are flying with. It then tells you if the bag is too heavy or not. That's it. Yes or no, it didn't give the troglodytes using it the actual weight, just a yes or a no. Cracking stuff.
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