A couple of questions about Ryanair.

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I have just returned from Sardinia on a Ryanair flight and was wondering does anyone know why there were 3 rows at the front of the plane on one side and two rows on the other side not in use? This seems to be happening all the time. Also I noticed on the flight over that the air hostess kept spraying herself with perfume, I thought I was going to pass out from the choking effects. Is there any rule about spraying perfume?
 
I have just returned from Sardinia on a Ryanair flight and was wondering does anyone know why there were 3 rows at the front of the plane on one side and two rows on the other side not in use?
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I always figured it was Ryanair trying to cut down on the cleaning required after people disembark?

Also I noticed on the flight over that the air hostess kept spraying herself with perfume, I thought I was going to pass out from the choking effects. Is there any rule about spraying perfume?
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Hope it wasn't more than 100mls :)
 
When the fight isn't full, certain rows are sectioned off to ensure even weight distribution. As for the perfume loving air-hostess - after the 1st time, I would have asked her to stop!!
 
ACA said:
When the fight isn't full, certain rows are sectioned off to ensure even weight distribution. As for the perfume loving air-hostess - after the 1st time, I would have asked her to stop!!
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But, would Aer Lingus not have the same problem with weight distribution? They don't section off the front seats of the plane?
 
Maybe it`s so that the rows of seats are full and passengers can all talk and socialise together.....you wouldn`t want someone to have 3 seats to him/herself....sure the plane might be uneven and turn upside down!
What about prority boarding....where you can book an aisle or window seat if one wants...no point in pr.brdng if people aren`t packed together.
Very annoying of the hostess....tell her she smells lovely and kiss her...if everyone did that she`d soon get the message.BTW i always spray myself with perfume using the tester perfums in the duty free shop and i`m male ,so i can`t complain.
 
SlurrySlump said:
But, would Aer Lingus not have the same problem with weight distribution? They don't section off the front seats of the plane?
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Aer Lingus use seat allocation, so people are distributed at check in.
 
Bluetonic said:
Aer Lingus use seat allocation, so people are distributed at check in.
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You can choose your seat online when you purchase your tickets, are you saying that the computer makes sure that the seats are allocated evenly throughout the plane?
 
If a plane isn't full & too much weight is in the front it causes difficulties for the pilots on takeoff ie it's hard to get the plane off the ground.

On check in with other airlines people are normally distributed by sex - on average males are heavier than females etc. Perhaps the online check in takes into account that not everybody does it & the person on the desk check in can allow for this with the other passengers.
 
Another thing that was a bit of a joke was "priority boarding". It worked O.K. on the outward leg of the journey, we had about a 10 second head start from the non priority travellers. On the return leg, we were given priority boarding to the bus waiting down the stairs. We were told to stand at the front of the bus. The non priority people were then loaded on to the bus behind us. When the bus arrived beside the plane the front doors were opened and we literally had 2 seconds ahead of the non priority. This is an absolute joke. Before paying the priority fee I asked at check in what the procedure was. I was told that we would have a separate bus to take us to the plane. I then went to the Ryanair kiosk to pay the fee and again asked what the procedure was. Again I was told that we would have a separate bus to take the priority passengers to the plane. We were completly misled. As mentioned previously we wanted seats at the front of the plane and as these were all "not available" to passengers it made the whole priority boarding a farce.
 
ACA said:
certain rows are sectioned off to ensure even weight distribution
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Another reason they would section off the first couple of rows is because they can act as a makjor bottleneck in the passenger boarding process. If the front two rows are available, the first people on block up the entire plane by loading their hand baggage into overhead compartments. this has a big knock-on effect on the boarding time, and hence the turnaround time of the Ryanair flights.
Turnaround time is one of the key metrics in Ryanair's business model, as a change from say 25 minutes to 30 minutes may end up costing them one flight a day.
just a theory..........
 
From the horses mouth;

CEO Michael O'Leary explained: 'We routinely conduct a survey of the average weight of passengers . It's because we offer free seating. Other airlines can disperse passengers around the aircraft but we can't.'

Ryanair loads all bags into the front of the aircarft. Where the plane is not full it may confine passengers to the back of the plane to distribute weight, which is why sometimes a number of rows of seats on a flight are blocked off.

Full artlice here

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http://www.unison.ie/travel/news/stories.php3?ca=333&si=1784876

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Im not sure why they do this. But on a recent flight with ryanair, both the first 4 rows, and the last 6 weren't filled (air hostess asked us not to sit in them as we boarded).

On the way back, we were asked to take part in a survey - Ryanair, where WEIGHING passengers as they got off the flight?

WHY? I can only guess to do with average weight of its passengers? Perhaps, they are going to introduce a weight charge on persons over X amount? Wouldn't surprise me!
 
sulo said:
Im not sure why they do this. But on a recent flight with ryanair, both the first 4 rows, and the last 6 weren't filled (air hostess asked us not to sit in them as we boarded).

On the way back, we were asked to take part in a survey - Ryanair, where WEIGHING passengers as they got off the flight?

WHY? I can only guess to do with average weight of its passengers? Perhaps, they are going to introduce a weight charge on persons over X amount? Wouldn't surprise me!
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Did you actually read the post previous to yours?
 
sulo said:
On the way back, we were asked to take part in a survey - Ryanair, where WEIGHING passengers as they got off the flight?

WHY? I can only guess to do with average weight of its passengers? Perhaps, they are going to introduce a weight charge on persons over X amount? Wouldn't surprise me!
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I for one would applaud them if they did so. I have on occasion had the misfortune to sit beside a morbidly obese person on a plane - not a pleasant experience.

On a practical level the heavier the person the more fuel the aircraft must burn to get it off the ground thus increasing costs.
It would bring a whole new meaning to the term pay by weight!
 
I had read the question, and got so excited about my recent experience that I wanted to share it Clubman!... ;)
 
ClubMan said:
Did you actually read the post previous to yours?
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:)
You can give a man the information but you cannot make him read it! ;-)

I posted before about Ryanair and changing by weight. At the moment equality laws probably prevent this, but the more this green lobby gets going the more people will be made responsible for the carbon footprint they are responsible for-hense paying by weight to fly. 1 air ticket = avg person 70kg plus so much extra for each kg ?
Could Global warming, Ryanair and airtravel be the ultimate cure for Obesity? I have no smileys anymore so lol!!
 
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