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Ryanair pilot lands at wrong airport...

Cheers,
VS045

{mcuth: As previously indicated, moving this topic to "Other Airlines" from "News Bites"}

Originally posted by VS045
Ryanair pilot lands at wrong airport...

Cheers,
VS045

Congratulations Ryanair, another monumental screw up.[V]
After dispatches yet more bad publicity!

Originally posted by VS045
Ryanair pilot lands at wrong airport...

Cheers,
VS045

[B)] but isn't it amazing that every 3-4 months we hear of something like this.

Knowing Ryanair, he was probably doing "live training".. [ii]


Although, hold on a second - it WASN'T a Ryanair pilot [:(]

The Airbus A320 was operated on behalf of the airline by Eirjet, which is based in Shannon, Co Clare.

People justify the way low-fare airlines act by saying that they're only meant to get you from A to B - but maybe they don't even do that!;)[:?][V]

Cheers,
VS045

Wow a whole 39 passengers on that flight!

Never used them and by the looks of this, I don't think I ever will. Only ever done BA or VS I think. Oh and maybe a few of the tour operator owned ones like Britannia etc. Are the other economy ones just as bad? Like EasyJet and FlyBe etc?

Originally posted by GatorBaiter
Nevere used them and by the looks of this, I don't think I ever will. Only ever done BA or VS I think. Oh and maybe a few of the tour operator owned ones like Britannia etc. Are the other economy ones just as bad? Like EasyJet and FlyBe etc?

Easyjet and Flybe are good airlines, flown with both neumrous times.

In their defence this was not a Ryanair aircraft and not Ryanair crew so they can't actually be blamed for this at all.

The flight was being operated by eirjet on behalf of Ryanair.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4857962.stm

Oh cool, thanks! I'll bear that in mind for possible jaunts to the MotoGP and whatnot. [y]

A couple of comments:
1. A military airfield may be visually indistinguishable from some of the airports FR flies in to. If it has a runway and a moderate sized building, then it's a candidate.

2. FR fly to PSR, which is where we have family and various members of my extended family go once or twice a year. In five years of travelling with them, I am not aware of any delays, lost luggage, service worse than expected or other problems.

Closer to home, over the years there have been several landings at RAF Northolt of aircraft intending to go to Heathrow which is only a few mile south. Never quite worked out how any pilot could miss the difference between a small military airfield and the aviation metropolis that is LHR.

Well done Ryanair, another great excuse to avoid them !!!!

As this news item isn't related to Virgin Atlantic, it should go in the "Other Airlines" section. As it's now been established here in the "News Bites" section, I'll leave it for the time being. However, to give you all fair warning, I'll be moving it to the correct place later on (probably tonight) - so if you don't see it here when you come back, you'll know where it is

Cheers

Michael

I think the pilot had too much Guinness. [^] [^]

A couple of years ago, a B-52 was meant to do a low flypast at farnborough at the airshow, but instead did it at blackbushe;) I suppose even the best pilots can make mistakes - although I do think that landing at the wrong airport is pretty unacceptable.[V]

Cheers,
VS045

Originally posted by VS045
A couple of years ago, a B-52 was meant to do a low flypast at farnborough at the airshow, but instead did it at blackbushe;) I suppose even the best pilots can make mistakes - although I do think that landing at the wrong airport is pretty unacceptable.[V]

Cheers,
VS045

Good job it wasn't on a bombing mission then [:I]

Ranting mode: on

It's obvious that there are some people don't read the whole story and some who do.

THIS incident happpened NOT on Ryanair aircraft or with Ryanair crew BUT with an EIRJET A320 and EIRJET crew so Ryanair isn't techinally responsible for what happened.

Everyone seems to think that its just Ryanair that lands in other airports, have runway incursions or what ever but this is Shockingly not true. Just a few months ago an Iberia 346 landed on a taxiway in south america. Also how about the SQ 747 that took off and crashed in 2000 (i think).People think because of this and that Ryanair is a LCC that they are unsafe, then thoses people need help. Ryanair does what it says it will do.

I'd like to see waht people would say on this board if something like this happened to VS.

I'm no Ryanair fan but going by the FACTS, this isn't Ryanair fault. It's Eirjets fault, if anything they should get the blame. But because some people already have it in their heads that Ryanair is this and that, they jump to some silly conslusions without analysing the WHOLE STORY.

Ranting mode: off

Hi John,

I'm not entirely sure who you're "ranting" at, to be honest. In post 4 (mine) and post 9 (G-VOPS) it was restated that this was a leased aircraft, operated by another company. To my knowledge, everyone who's contributed to this thread is aware of that, and none have been particularly (or excessively) anti-FR...? [?]

Paul.

I saw that both yourself and G-VOPS mentioned that it was a leased aircraft.

My "ranting" was directed to people who where bashing FR about this incident before hearing the whole facts. Another thing that has been mentioned in this thread is how some people, who have never been on FR and who don't know there prinicple's, are claiming never to go on FR for sure now because of this incident (which doesn't really involve Ryanair).

I don't mind FR bashing. I'm not their biggest fan or like their product. But all that was needed was for people to open their eyes and read the whole story before jumping to quick and in some cases stupid (eg never going to fly with them now cause of this) conclusions

Ah, fair enough

I spent a lot of time & money several years back with FR - Flying from Bournemouth to Dublin on an extremely regular basis. While I can't argue that they got me from A to B (usually) on time for not much money, I have since chosen to never fly with them again out of choice.

The planes were old (at the time), their policies were nothing short of patronising (in some cases simply unfair) and their "customer service" on the two occasions I needed to use it, stank. (On one occasion, they actually went against IATA's rules, but hey...)

Anyway - that aside, they do what they say on the tin. However, I'm now a firm member of the group that don't like that tin

Sorry John, I have to completely disagree with you here.

Despite the best efforts of certain governments, we still live in a world where we have choice.

I made a decision a long time ago that I wouldn't fly Ryanair, unless I had to, for all sorts of other reasons. Having said that, I wouldn't blame people who cross them of their own list of 'approved carriers' because of this incident.

Saying that it is okay because the aircraft and crew were leased just doesn't cut it for me. When the pax bought their tickets, they believed they were flying Ryanair, so - in my book, it is Ryanair that are culpable.

IMHO to land at the wrong airport is unforgivable, when you think about 'what might have happened' it is quite scary.

The fact that they then made a joke of it, and tried to milk the incident for publicity, makes me even more determined that I won't be flying with them.

Just my 2 cents worth. [}:)]

BTW, to answer your original question... if a VS plane 'accidentally' landed at the wrong airport, then I would also seriously consider changing my transatlantic carrier of choice.


Nick