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Ryanair to make ANOTHER take-over bid for Aer Lingus

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  • #2
    SugarCoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭SugarCoat


    how much do ye want for that boss!


  • #3
    Eurovisionmad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭Eurovisionmad


    SugarCoat wrote: »
    how much do ye want for that!


    Packet of Taytos?


  • #4
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Eurovisionmad wrote: »

    I hope it doesn't go through, if it does I'd miss those mother-like Air hostesses who'd be replaced by old retired SS officer if Ryanair had their way!

    what? :confused:


  • #5
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭Archeron


    An aer lingus hostess once accidentally hit me in the face with a muffin.


  • #6
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    hondasam wrote: »
    what? :confused:

    I know!

    Sure doesn't Ryanair hire Czech pornstars.... Mmmm czech porn

    BRB


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  • #7
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Ryanair = a McDonalds with wings.

    We need some dignity with what's left of out National Airline.


  • #8
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Good ol Michael O'Leary he's been told before he's not allowed to have the controlling stake in Aer Lingus, he's just shit stirring it again


  • #9
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Yawn, this is Ryanair's last opportunity for free air-time as regards Aer Lingus.


  • #10
    Bajingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Bajingo


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    I know!

    Sure doesn't Ryanair hire Czech pornstars.... Mmmm czech porn

    BRB

    I've only ever been served by battleaxe air hostesses with Ryanair, to be fair to Aer Lingus they've got some stunners and they're generally more friendly too.

    Got a rap on the head and told to lift up my tray when flying with Ryanair...lovely.


  • #11
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Hopefully all the trouble we're in with Europe will mean the politicos can't ask for it to be blocked again for no good reason. We might finally get rid of them.


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  • #12
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Hope they take that fuhken stoopid looking building down too. I'm not taking a car to get a bus to an airport that looks like an arse.


  • #13
    UglyBolloxFace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭UglyBolloxFace


    Archeron wrote: »
    An aer lingus hostess once accidentally hit me in the face with a muffin.

    With her lady muffin or an actual muffin?


  • #14
    bee_keeper
    Site Banned Posts: 222 ✭✭bee_keeper


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    Hopefully all the trouble we're in with Europe will mean the politicos can't ask for it to be blocked again for no good reason. We might finally get rid of them.

    where do you see share prices going tomorrow in aer lingus ? , is it a runner or is mick o leary simply dipping his toe :confused:


  • #15
    Pedant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Pedant


    Archeron wrote: »
    An aer lingus hostess once accidentally hit me in the face with a muffin.

    I know, they've gotten a lot more plumper these days those air hostesses.


  • #16
    bc dub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭bc dub


    If this goes thru, does it mean we can emigrate our young, further, cheaper?


  • #17
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    squod wrote: »
    Hope they take that fuhken stoopid looking building down too. I'm not taking a car to get a bus to an airport that looks like an arse.
    If you are talking about the new terminal 2, that building has absolutely nothing got to do with Aer Lingus, worse still it cost more to build than Aer lingus is currently worth so i don't think it will be a part of the deal. :)


  • #18
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,064 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Ryanair = a McDonalds with wings.

    We need some dignity with what's left of out National Airline.

    You're national airline was happy to rip people off for years to the extent that people who emigrated had to get the boat and coudn't get home as often as they might have.Flying with them was the preserve of the well heeled and government class.Or family of "workers" Meanwhile the national airline was being subsidised by the taxpayer to overpay its staff. It was a bastion of nepotism and entitlement.Like every other semi-state it existed for the benefit of its employees, no matter the cost.A parasite on the nation.
    They never gave a bollix about the ordinary punter before Ryanair came along.


  • #19
    maddragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭maddragon


    I don't think the bid was serious because Ryanair valued Aer Lingus at bout tree fiddy per share.


  • #20
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    Would hate to see it go through but I know it wont.
    I love not having to fight with someone for a seat


  • #21
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Ryanair = a McDonalds with wings.

    you're right, both are massively successful companies who provide low cost, hassle free products to millions of people annually and do a very good job of it too.


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  • #22
    bee_keeper
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    maddragon wrote: »
    I don't think the bid was serious because Ryanair valued Aer Lingus at bout tree fiddy per share.

    how could aer lignus be worth three fifty when ryanair shares are themselves below four euro

    the price offered is more than generous


  • #23
    usernamegoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    RachaelVO wrote: »
    Good ol Michael O'Leary he's been told before he's not allowed to have the controlling stake in Aer Lingus, he's just shit stirring it again

    Their statement to the ISE states that they are willing to put in place measures to avoid breaching competition rules (Article 102 TFEU for those interested) These things have been done before.


  • #24
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Aer Lingus will sell out to Etihad out of spite.


  • #25
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    You're national airline was happy to rip people off for years to the extent that people who emigrated had to get the boat and coudn't get home as often as they might have.Flying with them was the preserve of the well heeled and government class.Or family of "workers" Meanwhile the national airline was being subsidised by the taxpayer to overpay its staff. It was a bastion of nepotism and entitlement.Like every other semi-state it existed for the benefit of its employees, no matter the cost.A parasite on the nation.
    They never gave a bollix about the ordinary punter before Ryanair came along.

    It has been back to the Boat for me on cross channel hops. Flying has shot itself in the foot with all carriers at this stage with all the messing, expensive parking, baggage restrictions and security paranoia.


  • #26
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,236 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    You're national airline was happy to rip people off for years to the extent that people who emigrated had to get the boat and coudn't get home as often as they might have.Flying with them was the preserve of the well heeled and government class.Or family of "workers" Meanwhile the national airline was being subsidised by the taxpayer to overpay its staff. It was a bastion of nepotism and entitlement.Like every other semi-state it existed for the benefit of its employees, no matter the cost.A parasite on the nation.
    They never gave a bollix about the ordinary punter before Ryanair came along.

    I worked for Aer Lingus back in 2003/2004 cleaning airplanes. We were paid for 8-hour shifts that were usually over after 6.5 hours. We typically cleaned about 8 planes during that shift. Each plane took around 10 minutes to clean (but the transatlantic planes could take an hour but there were less of those). If you include the time waiting on the apron for the plane to land in our "work-time", we probably worked around 4 hours a day. We spent a huge amount of our time playing pool, darts and watching sky-sports back at base.

    Basically, we did feck-all work for around €500 nett a week. The worst part of it all when I look back was the outrage that greeted the suggestion that we spend more of our time working. The older staff members had been SIPTU-ised to the point of insanity. There was a genuine belief among them that they were "entitled" to a good wage for 4 hours of unskilled labour.

    I have since heard from people who still work there that they do more work now but I don't imagine that they work as hard as Ryanair staff. I fly quite a lot and I've found Ryanair staff to be very good. That said, I travel with one bag and I'm not retarded so I haven't had to have any confrontations.


  • #27
    starbelgrade
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    You can fly Aer Lingus these days for usually pretty much the same price as Ryanair - sometimes cheaper.

    If Ryanair take over Aer Lingus, you can guarantee that the prices will rise across the board.

    Ryanair are a brilliant airline for making international flights affordable, and by doing so, bringing down the prices of their competitors, but I'd be very worried if they started to get rid of their competition altogether. Monopolies are never a good thing.


  • #28
    DB21
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    Jesus, I hope Aer Lingus aren't taken over by that shower of clowns. I'd rather be able to fly to my destination for a little more than some shed with a coat hanger on the roof in the arse end of nowhere at 6am.


  • #29
    big_heart_on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭big_heart_on


    I'd always choose Aer Lingus over Ryanair, partly because O'Leary behaves like such a huge tool, a hugely successful tool and his competition is welcome but I still hate the "Bus to Butlins" feel of Ryanair flights, complete with attendants making jokes about women drivers and all that nonsense over the intercom. All thats missing is lads rolling joints down the back and the empty snack boxes on the floor. Its the 70's sitcom of air travel, "Carry on Luggage" if you will.

    I'll happily pay more to land at my destination too rather than coach/train the rest of the way.


  • #30
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Ryanair = a McDonalds with wings.

    We need some dignity with what's left of out National Airline.

    Ryanair=Supermacs you surely mean.

    A crappy overpriced Irish company trying and failing to compete with their better multinational competition while bitching about it.


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  • #31
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Ryanair=Supermacs you surely mean.

    A crappy overpriced Irish company trying and failing to compete with their better multinational competition while bitching about it.

    Ryan are are one of the most profitable airlines in the world.

    Are you mental?

    Their business model is exemplary, they have thrived while other airlines are arses to the wall trying to survive.


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