Ryanair Contemplate Standing Seats

lilminx

I know it's the Daily Mail.. but..

http://bit.ly/dpu1c7

Ryanair plans to revolutionise air travel by introducing flights where passengers stand up for as little as £4 per ticket.

The budget airline wants to charge travellers for using the toilet in order to 'change passenger behaviour' and fund the cheap standing tickets.

Chief executive Michael O'Leary said safety testing for 'vertical seating' will take place next year, at which point the airline will also introduce a fee of £1 to use the lavatory.

The plan is to remove the back ten rows of seats from the carrier's 250 planes and replace them with 15 rows of vertical seats. Two toilets at the back could also be removed to free up even more space.

Between 40 and 50 extra passengers will be able to travel on each flight if the plan gets the go ahead, enabling Ryanair to cut its own costs.

The revenue generated from charging passengers to use the toilet would pay for the new vertical seating, Mr O'Leary told television programme How To Beat The Budget Airlines, which airs on ITV1 tonight.

He added: 'The other change we’ve been looking at is taking out the last ten rows of seats so we will have 15 rows of standing area in the equivalent of ten rows of seats.'

In the new vertical seats, passengers will still be restrained with a seat belt which will go over the shoulder, and will adhere to all current safety regulations which apply to normal aircraft seating, Ryanair said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291103/Ryanair-sell-standing-room-tickets-4--funded-charging-passengers-use-toilet.html#ixzz0sQZX6SUc

Trashbat

Wasn't this reported ages ago. like six months or something?

nice to see the daily fail keeping up with cutting edge journalism.

mikemac

That article is just Ryanair trying to get free publicity, they do it better then anyone and well done to them

And by starting this thread OP, you're doing exactly what they wanted, to get people talking about them and free advertising

bonerm

How long before Ryanair take these ideas to their natural conclusion?

Preset No.3

It was, and it was dismissed six months ago. Ryanair can't remove toilets, something to do with minimum numbers of toilets per 50 passengers!

The standing thing would never be approved by the FAA or CAA!

But once again, micko saves a few quid by getting all if us to talk about.....Ryanair! Clever marketing!

lilminx

Oh well I've been suckered into their evil web of 'some gobshyte is gonna put this on boards!!'

Knew the toilets thing had gone around - but not the 'fly standing up' idea.

Hangs head in shame..

And thanks Dr B for fixing my post..

I'm gonna go off now and cancel my interweb... cos I don't know how to use it..

Pittens

Yeah, its not going to happen. Too dangerous.

That said, isnt it interesting that people who complain about Ryanair have less to say about the actual forms of transport where people do have to stand - sometimes for hours - despite paying for a seat.

Trains, I am looking at you.

feelingstressed

feelingstressed wrote: »

That article is just Ryanair trying to get free publicity, they do it better then anyone and well done to them

And by starting this thread OP, you're doing exactly what they wanted, to get people talking about them and free advertising

I know.. It's absolutely brilliant isn't it. They lower their costs forcing other airlines to do the same so everyone in Europe can travel for less no matter what airline they choose.

Or maybe I should be a pathetic sheep and slag of a man and service which no one is forced to use but has benefited us all..

kylith

Pittens wrote: »

Yeah, its not going to happen. Too dangerous.

That said, isnt it interesting that people who complain about Ryanair have less to say about the actual forms of transport where people do have to stand - sometimes for hours - despite paying for a seat.

Trains, I am looking at you.

If you've booked a seat and someone's sitting in it you're entitled to kick them out of it. If you haven't specifically booked a seat then they'd probably claim that the ticket is just for 'carriage'.

As for Ryanair, that plan'll never get off the ground. It's a H&S nightmare.

Although I'd love to see them try it and watch them get sued when people fall over on take of and landing.

mikemac

Hope that's not aimed at me Ads by Google
I didn't criticize Ryanair at all, in fact this is brilliant marketing

RoadKillTs

It's never going to happend. Ryanair doing what they do best, generating free publicity.

Gone Drinking

This is how to know the "real" internet women on boards.. a man wouldn't have been silly enough to post up an eight month old story! :pac:

mikemac

Don't blame the OP, blame the Daily Mail.

They put up this article on their website today, even if it is old news

lilminx

Gone Drinking wrote: »

This is how to know the "real" internet women on boards.. a man wouldn't have been silly enough to post up an eight month old story! :pac:

Thanks for the validation Gone Drinking... but it was silly of me in fairness.. what was I doing out of the kitchen in the first place..

Sykk

I'll still use ryanair.. But if they expect me to pay to use the toilet, I'll just shíte on the floor.

PeterIanStaker

This is old. It must have been a slow day at the Daily Fail offices.

No illegal immigrant Muslim single parents threatening the royal family that day . . . :rolleyes:

Biggins

Totally daft, not going to happen due to safety regulations alone.
Every time this crops up, Ryanair are laughting at the free publicy.

Next...

smellslikeshoes

Wow this is amazing journalism even for the daily mail. Not only is this old news but it is also just an old publicity stunt because standing in an airplane won't be happening because of safety reasons.

The next step is no toilets at all and nappies for all!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article719124.ece

Adult nappy sales are soaring — up by 50 per cent in some parts of southern China — as migrant workers prepare for 30-hour train journeys with no chance of a trip to the lavatory.

Just imagine greeting your relatives after such a journey. :eek:

Rowley Birkin QC

Deleted User wrote: »

I know.. It's absolutely brilliant isn't it. They lower their costs forcing other airlines to do the same so everyone in Europe can travel for less no matter what airline they choose.

Or maybe I should be a pathetic sheep and slag of a man and service which no one is forced to use but has benefited us all..

Damn straight. I can never figure out the animosity towards Ryanair. I've even gotten a refund from them in the past due to a flight I had to cancel and when I was living in Holland flew 12 of my mates out for a weekend for the grand total of €0.12.

RTFT&C & STFU. LOL OMG ESB!!one!

Cookie_Monster

Biggins wrote: »

Totally daft, not going to happen due to safety regulations alone.
Every time this crops up, Ryanair are laughting at the free publicy.

Next...

Its not daft and it's done in China already.

Alternatively they could do lying down, 3-4 bunks high
As for the toilets, there's no real need to ever have to use them on a flight less than 3-4 hours anyway so good luck to them with that, its a good idea

thebigbiffo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291103/Ryanair-sell-standing-room-tickets-4--funded-charging-passengers-use-toilet.html

mother a divine lamb a jaysus. what next.

Superbus

It'd surely be like one of those snow globe things, just with people? Like how well secured can you be while standing up?

dr.bollocko

Merged.

Flying Abruptly

People wont be able to physically fit standing, theres not enough head room with the overhead compartments and the curvature of the fuselage

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/images/cross_sections.jpg

Pittens

Thanks for the validation Gone Drinking... but it was silly of me in fairness.. what was I doing out of the kitchen in the first place..

Well since you are back in there I'll have a BLT, easy on the mayo and slight on Tomato.

dvpower

I'm still waiting for MO'L to follow through on his Beds and Blowjobs plan.

CrazyRabbit

I once asked at the Ryanair check-in desk if I could travel in the baggage hold. I figured it would be cheaper if I didn't use up a seat.

So, she went to ask her supervisor who quickly said yes, but that I'd have to pay a €100 'person handling' fee & €10 per kilogram.

lilminx

Pittens wrote: »

Well since you are back in there I'll have a BLT, easy on the mayo and slight on Tomato.

Ah and I'm out of bacon, lettuce and tomato..

but I do have a full can of whoopass if ye want me to open it for ye

Paddy Samurai

LOl i love michael,some of the stuff he comes out with............................. he just does'nt give a crap!.
Maybe he can strap a few more to the wing ,wearing goggles.

Ryanair is planning to run flights where passengers stand during the journey at a cost of just €5 per ticket.
Michael O'Leary, the airline's chief executive, set out proposals that also include charging customers to use the loo.
A standing area with "vertical seats" will be introduced at the back of its fleet of 250 planes.

Don't think he has a leg to stand on myself.:D

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryanair-to-sell-euro5-tickets-for-standingroom-only-flights-2243817.html

Ps:he should have his own forum.

Ozil

I don't see the problem with this, no-one is being forced into buy a standing ticket.

allanb49

deja vú much?

Indubitable

For some reason I just can't stand that man

Zombienosh

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

For some reason I just can't stand that man

you could if you paid €5

Mike 1972

How many threads on this gawdforsaken subject do we need for crysakes ?

bodun

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8779388.stm

So glad you broke this news for me, I never would have known otherwise.

Mint Sauce

<wonders where i have read this again, and again, and again>

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Now is this 5 euro; or is this 5 euro + five euro credit card + 22 euro taxes?

allanb49

I think its a new ryan air marketing ploy, keep posting random stuff every day one of the newspaper "reporters" will see it and publish it

Therefore meaning less money is being spent on the marketing department and ryanair makes more money on spending less :pac:

easyeason3

This has been done about 500 times already.

Get over it.

Mint Sauce

and why, when i can sit for €1 (thats if i was to ever use them)

AntiRip

Sometimes I wonder you'd probably be more comfortable standing up than cramped into one of those seats!

Fúck standing !

owenc

Sykk wrote: »

I'll still use ryanair.. But if they expect me to pay to use the toilet, I'll just shíte on the floor.

Well it'll be granted that you'll be kicked off the flight. I won't have someone flying like that with me.

owenc

This was already told months ago the irish daily mail are a bit late at picking up news like 6 months.;)

owenc

Preset No.3 wrote: »

It was, and it was dismissed six months ago. Ryanair can't remove toilets, something to do with minimum numbers of toilets per 50 passengers!

The standing thing would never be approved by the FAA or CAA!

But once again, micko saves a few quid by getting all if us to talk about.....Ryanair! Clever marketing!

Yes it would they can add extra exits to the aircrafts.

owenc

kylith wrote: »

If you've booked a seat and someone's sitting in it you're entitled to kick them out of it. If you haven't specifically booked a seat then they'd probably claim that the ticket is just for 'carriage'.

As for Ryanair, that plan'll never get off the ground. It's a H&S nightmare.

Although I'd love to see them try it and watch them get sued when people fall over on take of and landing.

No because they are bringing in a system were you strap yourself in standing so you won't fall, plus theres wee fold out seats (like on the tube), so really your paying cheap for another seat.:P

owenc

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Now is this 5 euro; or is this 5 euro + five euro credit card + 22 euro taxes?

Oh stop it i flew to prestwick for 4p and i used a credict card!:rolleyes:

owenc

owenc wrote: »

Yes it would they can add extra exits to the aircrafts.

Yeah! it would help the passengers to disembark quicker as well!
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/001-100/walk038_Mosquito/part2/images_Wayne_Bowman/02-bomb_bay_fwd.jpg

Paddy Samurai

[quote=[Deleted User];66714468]So glad you broke this news for me, I never would have known otherwise.[/QUOTE]


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