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• ceejayoz 4y ago
  The CEO has a history of being a bullshitter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_(businessman)#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Leary_(businessman... > In 2007, O'Leary was forced to retract a claim that Ryanair had cut emissions of carbon dioxide by half over the previous five years because the claim should have been that emissions "per passenger" had been cut by half. He has been reported to have impersonated a journalist in an attempt to find information passed on to a newspaper following a safety incident on a Ryanair flight. On occasion, he has apologised for personal attacks under threat of legal action. He has been criticised by a judge for lying, who said he was lucky not to be found guilty of contempt of court. He has also been criticised for dismissing concerns about climate change as "complete nonsense". > Reacting to the decision to close European airspace in April 2010 over worries about the volcanic ash plume from an erupting Icelandic volcano, O'Leary falsely said, "There was no ash cloud. It was mythical. It's become evident the airspace closure was completely unnecessary."
  • petertodd 4y ago
    > In 2007, O'Leary was forced to retract a claim that Ryanair had cut emissions of carbon dioxide by half over the previous five years because the claim should have been that emissions "per passenger" had been cut by half. That's still an impressive accomplishment. So I'd be inclined to believe that was just an honest mistake.
    • samatman 4y ago
      Emissions per passenger is a fake number, because it folds in flight distance, which has no business in the calculation. Absolute emissions and emissions per passenger kilometer are real numbers.