Ryanair Wants Its Passengers To Stand During Flights

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First Posted: 07- 6-09 09:41 AM   |   Updated: 08- 6-09 05:12 AM

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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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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 ...
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 ...
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- Altruth I'm a Fan of Altruth 58 fans permalink

LOL, really, really, really, hard!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:22 PM on 07/06/2009
- frantaylor I'm a Fan of frantaylor 22 fans permalink

I bet RyanAir owns the bar at the airport.

Many would want to toss down a couple of stiff ones first if they had to endure that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:20 PM on 07/06/2009

So much for the crash position.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:16 PM on 07/06/2009

This is so off the wall that for a moment I thought I was reading an Onion article. Then reality set in. A true snapshot of reality. People are cattle and not much more. They don't eat us per say just our money. We don't have any money really, we just hold it for those who actually own it.

Andy

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:08 PM on 07/06/2009

Perch on this! RyanAir

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:59 PM on 07/06/2009
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Does anybody think there wouldn't be takers for this option on a short route if it was cheaper.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:38 PM on 07/06/2009
- SiberianRat I'm a Fan of SiberianRat 101 fans permalink
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There will be for sure. Some of their fares are very very very low--you pay for it in other ways, but at least you get there.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:52 PM on 07/06/2009
- kgb999 I'm a Fan of kgb999 19 fans permalink

I'd be waiting for the lawsuit when the inevitable encounter with moderate turbulence or a hard landing results in easily foreseeable injuries.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:58 PM on 07/06/2009
- plan9 I'm a Fan of plan9 9 fans permalink
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They will be naming these flights "The Donald Rumsfeld enhanced air service". Dogs will be used to make sure no one sits down.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:25 PM on 07/06/2009
- SiberianRat I'm a Fan of SiberianRat 101 fans permalink
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Heh :-)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:52 PM on 07/06/2009
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Sardines in a flying tin can.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:16 PM on 07/06/2009

How much money did the airlines get from the government after 9-11?

Now the airlines have fees for just about everything- including one that has a fee to use their toilets.

Tax or fee- what is the difference?

How much government money was given to the CEO's of the failed airlines to save their business which is an oligopoly- a monopoly is illegal in the USA?

How many airline jobs lost were never recovered from the bailout they got in 2001?

How much money did the airlines get from the government after 9-11?

Now the airlines have fees for just about everything- including one that has a fee to use their toilets.

How much government money was given to the CEO's of the failed airlines? How did they cut their salaries?

What is the state of the airline industry today?

Difficult question for the USA – which does not even rank within the top 25 for education in the world.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:12 PM on 07/06/2009
- SiberianRat I'm a Fan of SiberianRat 101 fans permalink
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LOL, Michael O'Leary has no limits--he's such a blatant crudball of a businessman I almost have some sort of respect for him. RyanAir is indeed cheap, and if you're willing to put up with the sheer indignity of flying them, one can indeed afford it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:38 AM on 07/06/2009
- vinny I'm a Fan of vinny 72 fans permalink
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will the pilots have seats? are the pilots even necessary?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:36 AM on 07/06/2009
- apoyo I'm a Fan of apoyo 40 fans permalink

How about they fly with no passengers. That will save on fuel costs. Less weight.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:35 AM on 07/06/2009
- Deli I'm a Fan of Deli 26 fans permalink
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Borowitz will have a field day with this. I thought it was one of his columns.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 AM on 07/06/2009
- Tom95134 I'm a Fan of Tom95134 54 fans permalink
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Just "package" 'em in tubes like they did in the movie "The Fifth Element" and stack the plane full. With this approach you might even survive a crash if the "package" automatically filled with airbags on impact.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:14 AM on 07/06/2009
- vinny I'm a Fan of vinny 72 fans permalink
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you know some airline exec is thinking... "mmm, put the passengers in the luggage, charge for carry-ons, like if they had three kids, that's three carry-ons... cha-ching!"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:34 AM on 07/06/2009
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Maybe they'll let one of the flight attendants (air waitresses) sit in my lap to make more room for others!

I'm kidding, of course. And I really shouldn't be degrading to the flight folks. They actually are there for the safety of the passengers and do their job well,,, as in the case of the plane landing in the Hudson.

But this is probably either a rumor or some Ryanair executive (maybe related to Biden?) saying something he shouldn't be with no basis in reality.

Never gonna happen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:14 AM on 07/06/2009
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