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There was a year I made more money from flying than I spent, because I kept flying ryanair or easyjet and I kept getting massive delays (one was a 20h delay, in
by baby 1y ago
There was a year I made more money from flying than I spent, because I kept flying ryanair or easyjet and I kept getting massive delays (one was a 20h delay, in which I spent the night at the airport squatting some of the couches in a cafe in the terminal, because small delays kept being slowly pushed on us, and we also spent 2h waiting in the final plane for it to take off, no A/C and they refused to give us water threatening to call the cops on us if we did get water bottles ourselves, great experience!)
- dzhiurgis 1y agoRyanair is the most punctual airline tho
- reorder9695 1y agoAbsolutely not in my experience, maybe I've just been really unlucky but I can't remember more than 1 Ryanair flight I've been on that was actually on time. Most delayed by less than 4 hours, but delayed.
- maest 1y agoRyanair has the very sleazy habit if saying things like "we have just landed at X, note how we are 5 minutes ahead of schedule!" over the PA. However, they don't make a peep when the flight lands with a delay.
- baby 1y agoNot at all in my experience
- krageon 1y agoWould you like to substantiate your extraordinary claim with some actual evidence?
- sjs7007 1y agoCould you share more context on the water bottle thing? That makes no sense to me.
- nerdsniper 1y agoI interpreted it as they were stuck on the tarmac for a long time. People were getting dehydrated and asked for water. The FA’s refused to serve drinks on the tarmac. Passengers said “fuck it this is a health issue I’ll just get it from the galley myself”. The FA’s threatened that anyone who did that would be arrested. Passengers only options were to either deal with the dehydration or declare an actual emergency and get official medical transport off of the plane to an ER and deal with whatever bills/consequences that might generate.
- baby 1y agoThis but inside the plane waiting for take off, after having waited a long time on the tarmac
- baby 1y agoThe next morning was really hot, they made us wait in the sun for an hour outside to board the plane, then again for an hour or two in the plane before it departed (even announcing at some point they would land in Manchester instead of London, that got some good reactions out of all of us stranded in Poland). Then in the plane there was no AC and some people were almost fainting, so I stood up and went to get water myself since they were telling people that they couldn't give us water until after we take off. They stopped me and said they would call the cops and they would arrest me wherever we would land if I tried to get water bottles myself. It was ryanair or easyjet, can't remember. can't blame them, they're truly shitty airlines
- brewdad 1y agoNo airline wants passengers up and about while on the tarmac. Once they get clearance to move they need to get going almost immediately and can't move if passengers aren't seated. That doesn't excuse the flight crew for not handing out water however. That's just a cheap airline being stingier than necessary.
- smcin 1y agoThe "making us wait in the sun for an hour outside to board the plane" is to game the EU limitations on how long the airline can make you wait on the tarmac: - after 1hr delay, they must provide access to water/A/C/heat/lavatories. Also to medical assistance (if needed). - and after 5hrs on tarmac, passengers must be given the chance to leave the aircraft. - Exceptions: These rules do not apply if the delay is due to safety, security, or ATC reasons. Making you wait outside on the tarmac before boarding is bad but skirts the regulations. They key clock time to watch is how long were you waiting after boarding the plane? Probably also useful to reference your specific EU rights if they object. If after 1+1hrs wait, passengers were going to faint unless they got water, that seems to be pushing "would need medical assistance".