Ryanair - Got to love 'em

Firestar_3x · 12 Oct 2012 at 09:55

PMKeates said:
Can't you just sedate them a little?

You need to watch out, i got lynched last time i mentioned doing something about a screaming kid on a plane.

SexyGreyFox · 12 Oct 2012 at 10:16

simulatorman said:
Just fly a better airline.

Do better airlines not allow babies?
Serious question.

Anyway, being nearly deaf does have it's bonuses.
Two months ago I was in Sorrento and a couple of babies were giving everybody hell in the dining room and around the pool but I hardly heard a thing

FartInferno · 12 Oct 2012 at 10:19

Firestar_3x said:
You need to watch out, i got lynched last time i mentioned doing something about a screaming kid on a plane.

Unfortunately, the active ingredients in the likes of Calpol which used to knock kids out is now banned (lucky kids, unlucky everyone else) all thanks to stressed parents/grandparents abusing it.

eatcustard · 12 Oct 2012 at 10:46

FartInferno said:
Unfortunately, the active ingredients in the likes of Calpol which used to knock kids out is now banned (lucky kids, unlucky everyone else) all thanks to stressed parents/grandparents abusing it.

Medised is the one

Blinkz · 12 Oct 2012 at 10:54

Anyone who thinks Ryanair is a good company needs to wake up and smell the roses!

dannyjo22 · 12 Oct 2012 at 11:25

Blinkz said:
Anyone who thinks Ryanair is a good company needs to wake up and smell the roses!

You won't be saying that when they buy you out and you are back working for them

Antar Bolaeisk · 12 Oct 2012 at 11:41

Blinkz said:
Anyone who thinks Ryanair is a good company needs to wake up and smell the roses!

I think they're a great company, they don't have the customers' best interests at heart, just the business' yet they still keep coming back for more. They operate it like a glorified, flying bus (which it is), market it extremely well to the point that it's perceived as the best value airline (which in a lot of cases it most likely isn't) and run it extremely well.

They're there to make money and they most definitely succeed in that goal.

Jambo · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:47

Antar Bolaeisk said:
I think they're a great company, they don't have the customers' best interests at heart, just the business' yet they still keep coming back for more. They operate it like a glorified, flying bus (which it is), market it extremely well to the point that it's perceived as the best value airline (which in a lot of cases it most likely isn't) and run it extremely well.

They're there to make money and they most definitely succeed in that goal.

Absolutely fantastic company. The accounts speak for themselves.

Michael O'Leary book by Neil Ruddock is superb.

cymatty · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:54

FartInferno said:
Unfortunately, the active ingredients in the likes of Calpol which used to knock kids out is now banned (lucky kids, unlucky everyone else) all thanks to stressed parents/grandparents abusing it.

Just give the kids some diazepam, problem solved.

PMKeates · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:55

Jambo said:
Absolutely fantastic company. The accounts speak for themselves.

I guess it depends what your definition of a 'fantastic company' is.

Jambo · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:57

cymatty said:
Just give the kids some diazepam, problem solved.

Good advice from Gerry McCann there!

PMKeates said:
I guess it depends what your definition of a 'fantastic company' is.

One that does what it says it does at a low price and makes good profits.

cymatty · 12 Oct 2012 at 13:59

Jambo said:
Good advice from Gerry McCann there!

PMKeates · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:03

Jambo said:
One that does what it says it does at a low price and makes good profits.

So Rolls-Royce Motor Cars isn't a good company?

Adam · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:10

Your opinion will change when you have a child. I used to think the same (I travel frequently for work) but now I have a 1 month old baby I feel completely different.

Jambo · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:14

PMKeates said:
So Rolls-Royce Motor Cars isn't a good company?

If it's profitable then yeah it is.

I just referred to the low price because that is what the whole business model is focussed around. It's not a requirement for a good company.

PMKeates · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:19

Jambo said:
If it's profitable then yeah it is.

I just referred to the low price because that is what the whole business model is focussed around. It's not a requirement for a good company.

I don't think that a good business automatically makes a good company; if you're making a profit in a crap way, you're a crap company.

Jambo · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:30

PMKeates said:
I don't think that a good business automatically makes a good company; if you're making a profit in a crap way, you're a crap company.

Which Ryanair aren't doing. They are providing exactly the service they say they will. It's a well oiled machine, it works and is very popular.

agnes · 12 Oct 2012 at 14:36

I have paid much more than needed to avoid ryan air...

Just couldn't do it, not from the stories I have been told

ltnmzh · 12 Oct 2012 at 15:23

Derek W said:
Class her as hand luggage

sure but only if you can put her in the overhead cabinet or under the seat!

Yas786 · 12 Oct 2012 at 15:51

I spent 13 hrs a bit on a Singapore A380 flying from London to Singapore last month on my way to Australia, with a 6mth old baby sat in the row next to me. Baby was good as gold, every so often would wake up wanting some attention but nothing as bad as screaming the plane down.

Mind you i was too busy looking at the mum as she was pretty hot

and no i didnt get caught as my missus was more or less ko'd out on the flight

Id rather cut my own throat then fly with Ryanair...