Ryanair considers offering in-flight porn

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From CNN:

Duty-free shopping onboard may no longer be limited to watches and perfume. Ryanair is considering offering in-flight pornography to its passengers, according to a report on Tuesday in The Sun.

The racy content would be broadcast through a custom Ryanair app for smartphones and tablets. Michael O’Leary, chief executive of the Dublin-based discount airline, told the Sun, “Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn’t we?” He said that pornography would be available only via the relative privacy of mobile devices and would not be shown on seat-back television screens.

This isn’t the first time O’Leary has displayed a “sex sells” ethos for his airline. In 2008, he made flippant comments to the media about offering “beds and b***jobs” in business class. The airline has also published an annual “Girls of Ryanair” calendar since the same year, featuring its female flight attendants in bikinis.

The Irish budget airline’s business model relies on controversial nickel-and-diming practices, or at least the threat of them. Airline officials discussed removing toilets or creating vertical “standing” seats to make room for additional seating, and converting toilets to a coin-operated system.

Ryanair has come under fire from passengers multiple times this year for charging piecemeal fees. British singer Lily Allen criticized the airline on Twitter for charging her 40 pounds to print a replacement boarding pass. A scuffle also broke out on a Canary Islands flight after a passenger was asked to pay an extra fee for a large piece of carry-on luggage. A Swedish man who went into cardiac arrest onboard was given as treatment a sandwich and soda by staff and later charged for it.

Clearly, the airline has been successfully grabbing headlines around the world. And despite the controversies, the airline appears to be doing something right: Ryanair reported that its passenger statistics in October 2011 increased 4% year-on-year.

The only thing worse than being stuck in a middle seat between two drunk sunburned fat dudes on a three hour Ryanair flight from Madrid to Dublin: being stuck in a middle seat between two drunk sunburned fat dudes **** their heads off on a three hour Ryanair flight from Madrid to Dublin.

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