Ryanair Wants Its Passengers To Stand During Flights

Mail Online:

Ryanair wants passengers to stand during its flights so the budget airline can squeeze more people onboard.

The Irish air carrier plans to cut costs by making fliers perch on stools with seatbelts around their waists.

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Comments

[Maire Hanley]

If I didn't hate Ryanair so much I might think this was funny. I can't believe the media swallow this nutty PR stuff he does. Last month it was paying to use the loo! After the way they treated me when my mother was dying, I will NEVER fly with them again. Micheal O'Leary needs to know that the way his staff at the bottom of the ladder treat the passengers trickles down from the top.

[jsarets]

All they have to do is eliminate the overhead bins and lift the seats so that your feet hang up off the floor. In this position, forward leg room is much less important because your legs want to hang straight down.

Studies show that the most common injury in survivable plane crashes is broken legs from impacting the seat in front. You don't want your legs out in front of you when you're bracing for impact. You want them tucked back under your own seat, which is a much more likely reflex if your feet are hanging.

Note that your legs are important for escaping a wreck that could produce smoke, fire, or explosion at any time. It's best to protect your legs and brace your arms against the seat if front of you.

[iheartsmartpeople]

omg I laughed so hard as I read this article to my husband. this belongs under comedy.

[voltage356]

Michael O'Leary needs to have his teeth cleaned right away before he ask of people to stand on any of his airline

[yemaya]

bloodclot airlines

[gemzenith]

Perching on a stool for any length of time produces a numbness in the buttocks.How do they propose dealing with the scores of passengers with incapacitated asses?

[superjules]

I've flown Ryanair before (3 years ago) and it wasn't bad at all. It was less than $150 for 3 round trip tickets from Frankfurt to Austria. Things have changed a lot in the last 3 years. I would never pay to go to the restroom on a plane or if I did I would stay in there the entire flight, just for fun. And this stool business (I said "stool") sounds like total bollocks to me. The safety issues are what make me think it's a joke. Time will tell.

[Guy Incognito]

An even more outrageous idea...borrowing from Terry Gilliam's "Brazil", why not hook people up to post-office-type conveyor belts using straight jacket overhead bags, like they do for the people who are summoned and pay for their own interrogation?

[MJinCanada]

Considering the sources -- Michael O'Leary and the Daily Mail -- I'm guessing he said something that outrageous because he knew they'd publish it without thinking. The Daily Mail is about as reputable as Fox News, and O'Leary makes pre-spirits Ebenezer Scrooge look charming. generous and tactful.

"Standing room" is against all known air safety regulations for a multitude of reasons. Tony Ryan wouldn't let him even try it because the airline would get smacked down by the JAA.

[Gewyne]

I think its a great idea - you sit/perch on a stool - leg room is no longer an issue as stools are higher, you still get to sit - you can stand easier to stretch legs, less inconvenience getting past your sat fellow passengers, more people per plane, cheaper costs, fewer journeys -

Bring it on.

[jweider]

It looks like someone got the idea from the old Beverly Hillbillies episode where Jed buys a private jet and rips out the seats so that he can fit more passengers on the plane.
No the best place to get business ideas.

[PhilipTaylor]

The subway of the SKIES!

[NoSillyName]

Exactly what I was going to say!!

[marignymitch]

Just add alcohol: This is the same airline that favors mobile phone use and pay-to-go potties aloft. Its SRO gambit is a winner in that it facilitates fistfights resulting from its first two policies.

[davidwayneosedach]

If the price is cheap enough the public will try it!

[Bitsko]

Yet another slur by the British tabloids on Irish business. Whatever.