On 15 Jul 2008 20:36:32 GMT, rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
wrote:

> Nick Odell <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> writes:
>>Even more luggage on some flights....
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/5otlg3
>
>anyone disabled, who expects help from ryanair, is just plain hiding
>their head in the sand.  ryanair seems to demand the right to
>discriminate, on the basis that they're offering a rock-bottom (bl**dy
>awful) service -- one remembers the court case against them for
>failing to provide a wheelchar so that someone could get to their
>flight.
>
>ryanair's nasty-piece-of-work boss said he would charge everyone the
>cost of providing a wheelchair, if he lost.  i don't recall whether he
>did; i stopped paying attention since my attitude to the airline had
>finally been solidified by my last flight with them from
>"barcelona"[*] to stansted.  cramped seating left arthritic legs
>unable to get me from the plane to the terminal in under 35 minutes.

They charge 33p per ticket, to cover actual costs, allegedly, of 2p.

According to EasyJet Ryanair is using its wheelchair levy to subsidise
fuel costs
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article677994.ece

>never again: even if i do eventually take to the skies again, it won't
>be with them.
>
I never have and never will. Their attitude to passengers is just
plain insulting.

-- 
Jo

Jo Lonergan wrote:
> On 15 Jul 2008 20:36:32 GMT, rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
> wrote:
> 
>> Nick Odell <gurzhfvp.jbexfubc@ntlworld.com.invalid> writes:
>>> Even more luggage on some flights....
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5otlg3
>> anyone disabled, who expects help from ryanair, is just plain hiding
>> their head in the sand.  ryanair seems to demand the right to
>> discriminate, on the basis that they're offering a rock-bottom (bl**dy
>> awful) service -- one remembers the court case against them for
>> failing to provide a wheelchar so that someone could get to their
>> flight.
>>
>> ryanair's nasty-piece-of-work boss said he would charge everyone the
>> cost of providing a wheelchair, if he lost.  i don't recall whether he
>> did; i stopped paying attention since my attitude to the airline had
>> finally been solidified by my last flight with them from
>> "barcelona"[*] to stansted.  cramped seating left arthritic legs
>> unable to get me from the plane to the terminal in under 35 minutes.
> 
> They charge 33p per ticket, to cover actual costs, allegedly, of 2p.
> 
> According to EasyJet Ryanair is using its wheelchair levy to subsidise
> fuel costs
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article677994.ece
> 
>> never again: even if i do eventually take to the skies again, it won't
>> be with them.
>>
> I never have and never will. Their attitude to passengers is just
> plain insulting.
> 
We did once, but then we're quick learners   :)

Jo Lonergan  writes:
>On 15 Jul 2008 20:36:32 GMT, rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
>wrote (re ryanair):
>>never again: even if i do eventually take to the skies again, it won't
>>be with them.
>
>I never have and never will. Their attitude to passengers is just
>plain insulting.

i wasn't in charge of the booking (it was actually arranged by
microsoft, who were paying); i had been told that it was an easyjet
flight.

my only previous experience with ryanair was bad, too (the project
head decided we would fly to dublin with real airline on subsequent
trips).  however, it wasn't as bad as the stansted flight.
-- 
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge