Ryanair to make pax stand during flights

highlydebased

I really have seen it al!!

http://www.independent.ie/travel/travel-advice/ryanair-to-make-passengers-stand-1808116.html

By Ben Leach

Monday July 06 2009

Ryanair is considering proposals to make some of its customers stand during flights.
The low-cost airline would charge passengers less on "bar stools" with seat belts around their waists.
Michael O'Leary, the chief executive, has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing an aircraft with standing room.
He is now seeking approval from the Irish Aviation Authority before ordering a new fleet of carriers, according to The Sun.
A Ryanair spokesman told the newspaper: "If they approve it, we'll be doing it."
Mr O'Leary is reported to have got the idea from the Chinese airline Spring, which has put forward similar plans. It estimates space could be made for up to 50 per cent more passengers and costs could be cut by 20 per cent.
It is not the first time Ryanair has come up with a controversial proposal for cutting costs. Earlier this year Mr O'Leary suggested passengers could be charged £1 to use the on-board lavatories.
In an interview on BBC television he said that the low-cost airline was looking at the possibility of installing a coin slot on the lavatory door so that "people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny."
Mr O'Leary also considered introducing a "fat tax" for overweight passengers.
©Telegraph.co.uk

beerbaron

That sort of mumbo-jumbo wont fly. Complete rubbish IMO. Any excuse for column inches from Ryanair.

cyrusdvirus

he's been coming out with whackier and whackier statements the past few weeks......he's up to something.... what it is i have no idea, but he's up to something.

CaptainSkidmark

I think thats all exaggerated for the simple reason that in University Limerick a few years ago i was at a seminar that he held and he said exactly "If i could get away with putting people in standing i would, but safety comes first and it would be impossible"

Owen

Locked. Please use After Hours for nonsense like this.