heh, heh, gotta be a joke
Although I criticise FR in other areas, I too have found their timekeeping to be one of the best. And on STN-DUB, my most frequent route with them, neither airport could be considered secondary. And this is with 20 year old 737-200s, 25 minute turnarounds, and contract maintenance. Shows the flag carriers what can be done.
But this practice of stopping baggage loading to make an on-time departure for the statistics is growing, and is not confined to FR (see other posts on PPruNe from crews about this). If the CAA could be bothered, they would have stamped this out long ago.
FR have never left my baggage off, but they did once decide to leave all the catering off in a tight Stansted turnaround. I hope they take a more professional approach with the fuel.
But this practice of stopping baggage loading to make an on-time departure for the statistics is growing, and is not confined to FR (see other posts on PPruNe from crews about this). If the CAA could be bothered, they would have stamped this out long ago.
FR have never left my baggage off, but they did once decide to leave all the catering off in a tight Stansted turnaround. I hope they take a more professional approach with the fuel.
Johnpilot I had heard that RYR sched the a/c to go everywhere at Max cruising speed? Is this not the case because some of your sector times would be very difficult to achieve if you didn't?
WHBM. Sorry what catering did they leave off?? There's hardly any on there in the first place!!!
Without doubt the RYR timekeeping is primarily down to their use of regional airports with little congestion. EZY choose to operate the congested main airports and I suggest that is why their stats aren't so good.
For the number of flights that they now operate I doubt that RYR baggage delivery is significantly worse than many others, except possibly at DUB where it seems to be a bit of a lottery.
WHBM. Sorry what catering did they leave off?? There's hardly any on there in the first place!!!
Without doubt the RYR timekeeping is primarily down to their use of regional airports with little congestion. EZY choose to operate the congested main airports and I suggest that is why their stats aren't so good.
For the number of flights that they now operate I doubt that RYR baggage delivery is significantly worse than many others, except possibly at DUB where it seems to be a bit of a lottery.
WHBM. Sorry what catering did they leave off?? There's hardly any on there in the first place!!!
Ryanair (and EasyJet etc) go with plenty of cartfulls of food and drink. It's just that you have to pay for it, of course. Ryanair even have little menu cards now (sponsored by their coffee supplier).
And regarding baggage, we weren't speaking about tardy baggage delivery at the end of the flight, rather about deliberately not loading it in the first place if it would compromise an on-time departure. Result: Good figures for the CAA, all pax grossly messed about until the bags catch up.
