Nervous about booking Ryanair?

naughtysmurf

Will be taking a few flights next year, July, late September plus one other at some stage, anyone nervous about booking Ryanair because of the recent/current cancellations, I'd be happy enough to book, what do others think?

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I figured it was all over when they said it was but they lied. They cancelled more flights after that. I want to garauntee ill be flying if im going to be booking other stuff too, so im going to book with another airline. If they go a year without cancelling more flights then ill believe they have it under control and will go back when they are cheapest again.

Victor

It shouldn't be a problem. They are shifting from a April-April leave year to a calendar year one.

Airlines know that they are busy in the summer and quieter in winter. That will be planned for.

davyboy1975

No guarantee with any airline look at monarch. You should be fine with next year tbh

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Victor wrote: »

It shouldn't be a problem. They are shifting from a April-April leave year to a calendar year one.

Airlines know that they are busy in the summer and quieter in winter. That will be planned for.

YEp. Ryanair are excellent t planning alright.

Locker10a

Mr.S wrote: »

No need to worry for flights that for out, they'll have sorted out any mess long before that. They're not about to go belly up a la Monarch either.

If worried, take out decent travel insurance for the year, will only cost 50/60euro.

How do you know? They haven't come to an agreement with staff yet, and it will be a cold day in hell before O'Learly agrees to any sort of employee bargaining on pay and conditions, which is realistically what will resolve this issue. Meanwhile other airlines are expanding and snapping up all the disgruntled Ryanair staff

JCX BXC

Even with all the cancellations, in relative terms disruption has been quite low. It's been blown well out of proportion by the media, for example I seen RTE interviewing people at Dublin airport asking them how they felt to be home after flying ryanair! I thought that was ridiculous! Several times a year there's more people disrupted by weather! Last time I've seen them asking that was during the snow of 2010.

This doesn't excuse their poor conditions for staff, however unless a strike is called I'd have no hesitation in booking ryanair in the future.

the_syco

Victor wrote: »

It shouldn't be a problem. They are shifting from a April-April leave year to a calendar year one.

I believe the story of lack of pilots (as a load quit) than I do the excuse that they're "on holidays".

JCX BXC

the_syco wrote: »

I believe the story of lack of pilots (as a load quit) than I do the excuse that they're "on holidays".

It's actually both believe it or not!

pc7

I'd be hesitant, I've flown September and October this year and for both aer lingus were cheaper. They were booked in advance of the Ryanair cancellations and worked out cheaper. Going forward if there was 50€ in the difference I'd pay the extra to avoid any messing again with Ryanair

the_syco

pc7 wrote: »

Going forward if there was 50€ in the difference I'd pay the extra to avoid any messing again with Ryanair

As Ryanair doesn't fly to the "main" airport, I found I had to factor in the cost of travel to get to my destination. When you add it all up, sometimes Ryanair is more expensive. Amsterdam is one example; the bus from Eindhoven to the RLD where I was staying was an extra €40. All of these little costs add up!

JCX BXC

Ryanair now fly to Amsterdam Schiphol airport.

ted1

Locker10a wrote: »

Mr.S wrote: »

No need to worry for flights that for out, they'll have sorted out any mess long before that. They're not about to go belly up a la Monarch either.

If worried, take out decent travel insurance for the year, will only cost 50/60euro.

How do you know? They haven't come to an agreement with staff yet, and it will be a cold day in hell before O'Learly agrees to any sort of employee bargaining on pay and conditions, which is realistically what will resolve this issue. Meanwhile other airlines are expanding and snapping up all the disgruntled Ryanair staff

Pure rubbish

Snoopy1

Ive got 4 return flights booked next year with ryanair, and I was on one of the cancelled ones in october.
Ive no problem.with them, and found them to be more punctual than aer lingus

Locker10a

ted1 wrote: »

Locker10a wrote: »

Mr.S wrote: »

No need to worry for flights that for out, they'll have sorted out any mess long before that. They're not about to go belly up a la Monarch either.

If worried, take out decent travel insurance for the year, will only cost 50/60euro.

How do you know? They haven't come to an agreement with staff yet, and it will be a cold day in hell before O'Learly agrees to any sort of employee bargaining on pay and conditions, which is realistically what will resolve this issue. Meanwhile other airlines are expanding and snapping up all the disgruntled Ryanair staff

Pure rubbish

It's true, 10 years ago Ryanair would have swooped in and taken over the slots and flights the likes of Monarch and Air Berlin have lost. Right now they actually cannot do that and so easyjet and jet2 and Norwegian will expand in their place.
Meanwhile O'Leary is playing games with his pilots, who ironically are leaving to join the above mentioned expanding airlines

Stone Deaf 4evr

I'm on the fence myself, but inclined to believe that it'll be well blown over before I'll be travelling in June. that being said, there's no guarantee that they wont attempt to solve the problems they're currently having by reducing the number of flights to certain destinations, which could well scupper my plans.

Johngoose

I'd be worried about the pilots they'll hire from here on out. They'd hire anybody to fly their planes now.

Snoopy1

Johngoose wrote: »

I'd be worried about the pilots they'll hire from here on out. They'd hire anybody to fly their planes now.

Grow up, they re not just gonna hire anyone off the streets. There are rules and regulations for training

JCX BXC

Mr.S wrote: »

Ryanair are hiring pilots every day, they're going to be fine in the long term.

They're going to have to change their ways with regards to employees (similiar to the change in attitude towards customers), but they aren't going to go bust over it. Lets keep in mind how big they are.

FO's, not captains. No point having a sea of FO's if you don't have a captain!

Johngoose

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Grow up, they re not just gonna hire anyone off the streets. There are rules and regulations for training

Well they could well be rookie pilots, if all the experienced ones leave