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Author Topic: Ryanair and Pay Toilets Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-10-2009 08:46 PM                     Michael O'Leary prez of Ryanair is proposing pay toilets on his aircraft. I guess the guys can take a can on the flight to piss in under a coat but the ladies will be somewhat more inconvenienced. In my opinion if people start relieving themselves on the floor on his planes it's just what Ryan deserves. Maybe they'll start shaking passengers down for containers. Pay toilets are not legal in Virginia, so would a plane with pay toilets be required to make them free while in Va. airspace?  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-10-2009 09:47 PM                        I never heard of Ryanair, but they'd be way farther ahead to start charging for soda pop. If they are a small commuter line, most people probably don't use the crappers on their flights anyway.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-10-2009 09:57 PM                        Well guys, he is charging for everything else, so this is the only way to improve revenues!!! Seriously, I think I heard that this is just a sophisticated publicity stunt. Louis  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-10-2009 11:07 PM                     Ryanair are Irish, they fly across Europe and have a major hub at London Stansted. At their prices I am more than prepared to put up with the little inconveniences compared to a flag carrier. I got to Berlin and back for £50 which is cheaper than getting the train 200 miles out of London. The loo thing is a publicity stunt, more a way for O'Leary to put across his attitude towards no-frills air travel.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-11-2009 05:15 PM                        And they are one of the models used for the business plan at Allegiant Air. The pay-loo (1 GBP - about $1.38 USD today - per visit!) is not really a publicity stunt, but it is on hold for the moment for engineering reasons. Turns out no one makes a coin-operated door lock that accepts both British Pounds and Euros. Ryanair have asked Boeing to develop a card-swipe door lock for their loos. I'll bet it'll cost around $5000.00 USD a door installed... once it's FAA/JAA approved. So in the future, better have some plastic on you if you plan on a trip to the loo on a Ryanair flight. * * * * * And state law is of course trumped by federal law aboard aircraft in flight. In the air over the US only FAA and some ICAO regulations apply...  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-11-2009 06:25 PM                     I would hate to be cabin crew when they put the locks in. Large sections of the British population love an argument even when they're 100% stupid and in the wrong. Still, as long as the flight is cheap and the pound stays crap people will fly Ryanair.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 03-11-2009 07:49 PM                        quote: Caleb Johnstone-Cowan At their prices I am more than prepared to put up with the little inconveniences compared to a flag carrier. That's for sure ... every time I fly Ryanair I say "never again" ... then I see how cheap it is & I book once again. Now I'm back in the States, so I won't be flying them much anymore, but it came in handy when I was in Poland as they fly in & out of Krakow, which is where I was living, instead of Katowice or someplace else, like Wizz Air does.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-12-2009 10:11 AM                        I once had dinner with Herb (Southwest Airlines.) I argued that SW has TOO MUCH service! I was predicting a Ryanair in the USA. Louis  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-12-2009 08:31 PM                     Boy, that's a bunch of sh** (sorry, the bad pun just came out). What are they going to do when people just use the air sick bags to pee in, then hand them to the flight attendant, with a smile?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-13-2009 04:38 AM                     Ryanair are also now allowing people to use phones in mid flight. So now not only do you need to in a sick bag, you have somebody next to you on the phone while you are doing it. There new advertising tag line FLY RYANAIR The cabin smells of piss, but the toilets are the cleanest in the air.  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 03-13-2009 06:07 AM                     This was of course a publicity stunt by O'Leary and is exactly what he thrives on I NEVER use this airline, even if sometimes it means having to fly to another airport in the process.  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-17-2009 07:31 AM                     Remember back when they used to have pay toilets in restaurants and airports? Whatever happened to those? I don't use airplane toilets anyways since they stink like hell and trying to use one while the plane is bouncing around can be tricky. Especially when you are as big as me and your head is hitting the ceiling and your shoulders are rubbing the walls.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-17-2009 04:18 PM                     And think of the poor Mile-High Clubbers who'll now have to pay for their high-altitude nookie.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 03-17-2009 05:33 PM                     If this pay toilet thing really starts to catch on, then I am going to have to buy additional stock in Kimberly Clark. After all what do you think Depends are made for?  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 03-17-2009 09:21 PM                     I can't see anything wrong with it. If you book a month in advance you'll pay some flights 15 euros. Obviously, they try to sell everything and continuously during the flight; the planes aren't the cleanest in the world too. If you want better service, just pay more and book with another flight company. If you flight with Ryanair, you know what you are going to expect. The most important thing is maintenance and safety. I hope that they won't spare money on that too. Last (and first) time I was on a ryanair flight I saw few screws on the wings that were not exactly the correct ones, IMHO. I mean that the head of the screws were not in line with the iron of the wings, but they were coming off the iron like they weren't the correct type and the head of the screws were too big... That made me think. Marco  |  IP: Logged

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