As an interesting side note about ryanair .
There are a lot of people who fly but once or twice a year and never/rarely book anything on the computer. These are the ones who make "mistakes" -I.E. book insurance they don't need, sometimes double-click payment, click the wrong dates/flights -and are ,frankly scared aboyut making a mistake.
You guys who like me are happy to book anything on the computer may not realise that still the vast majority of people (and yes the numbers of such people will decrease as everyone becomes more net-savvy) don't like booking flights on computers.
They have all heard about "hidden charges" -which you and I know are not that hidden, and how strict Ryanair are if they haven't done everything correctly - luggage, I.D. rules etc.
The result of all this ?
They are actually coming to travel agents and asking us to do it for them !
I'm not complaining.
A Times Online Travel poll at the start of the show found that 88 per cent of respondents were on the hate spectrum of the love/hate Ryanair relationship (although 63 per cent of people fly with the carrier anyway), while only 12 per cent attested to 'loving' the airline.
A second poll at the end of the show found Ryanair's fortunes had reversed, with the BBC considered the "baddie".
Only 20 per cent of respondents thought the Panorama programme was "fair and unbiased". The remainder were split equally over the other two responses, that the show was "One sided Ryanair-bashing" and "I learnt nothing new".
There was more than a snide grin on the face of whichever of the airline's PR wrote this statement in this morning's press release: "Panorama claimed that 'O’Leary is a bully' – this is clearly false when the whole world knows that O’Leary is a kind and gentle, caring and thoughtful, sensitive and saintly human being widely beloved by all Ryanair’s 6,500 people and its 66m passengers.
A Times Online Travel poll at the start of the show found that 88 per cent of respondents were on the hate spectrum of the love/hate Ryanair relationship (although 63 per cent of people fly with the carrier anyway), while only 12 per cent attested to 'loving' the airline.
A second poll at the end of the show found Ryanair's fortunes had reversed, with the BBC considered the "baddie".
Only 20 per cent of respondents thought the Panorama programme was "fair and unbiased". The remainder were split equally over the other two responses, that the show was "One sided Ryanair-bashing" and "I learnt nothing new".
As an interesting side note about ryanair .
There are a lot of people who fly but once or twice a year and never/rarely book anything on the computer. These are the ones who make "mistakes" -I.E. book insurance they don't need, sometimes double-click payment, click the wrong dates/flights -and are ,frankly scared aboyut making a mistake.
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God knows what they think about an Irishman as CEO of BA! I thought Vivian was from that group of people.
You are normally right on these things and a few people have mentioned it. Do you really think the English still think that way about us? Nearly everyone I know in England has an Irish grandparent or somesuch. Would Panorama have such an agenda? I'd have thought there was a hatred from Aer Lingus and those of the old establishment here against O'Leary?The Brits are annoyed that a few Paddies are wiping the floor with BA and that Ryan Air upset the musty world of European aviation.
An interesting observation that escaped me (and the programme makers).... Many people fly RA only because it's the only way to reach a certain city...
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