Passengers to carry own bags

Letting PAX carry their luggage to the aircraft. See article here

It just gets better and better[oo]

Iain

[Neil]

What? Can you imagine the chaos it would cause at security (could security even cope with being able to screen a suitcase?) and at the gate area, there is hardly enough room at times as it is, without suitcases everywhere.

I can't wait for their next idea to save a few bob, fly the aircraft yourself[:w]

Well yes.

You can see the progression.

Bring your own seat

Bring your own aviation fuel (kilo to kilo body weight of course)

Until eventually - bring your plane.

Still, it all boils down to supply and demand. If that's the service you want, take it.

[Bazz]

I heard about this a couple of days ago and had to check that it wasn't April 1st; then I saw it was Ryan Air and knew it must be true! Soon you will only be able to take one of their flights providing one pax is a trained pilot so he/she can fly the plane. [;)]

[mitchja]

Good grief [:(]

The airports are going to love that. Unauthorised pax wandering around the airfield. Guess they will have to issue pax with high viz bibs then.

Regards

quote:Originally posted by mitchja
Good grief [:(]

The airports are going to love that. Unauthorised pax wandering around the airfield. Guess they will have to issue pax with high viz bibs then.

Regards


10 charge for using your own hi-viz bib and 40 for using a Ruinair one !

quote:Originally posted by mitchja
Good grief [:(]

The airports are going to love that. Unauthorised pax wandering around the airfield. Guess they will have to issue pax with high viz bibs then.


To be fair putting your bag at the bottom of the steps produces no more wandering around than currently takes place @ STN when airbridges are the exception rather than the rule for the LCCs.

What intrigues me is who then is going to do the loading / offloading and what the whole rigmarole would do to turnaround times.

Paul

quote:Originally posted by mitchja
Good grief [:(]

The airports are going to love that. Unauthorised pax wandering around the airfield. Guess they will have to issue pax with high viz bibs then.

Regards


Zactly, fodder for the Health and Safety brigade if ever there was one.

H

Link

Soon Ryanair will be asking if a passenger can fly the plane

Edited to tidy link - honey lamb

The Ryanair boss also pilloried Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, who claimed over the weekend that British Airways could 'go bust'.
'It's like a little chihuahua barking at a dying labrador. Nobody cares,' said Mr O'Leary.

Well someone cares as people did start talking about whether they could go bust. But i think the smart travellers of ryanair know just to take a carry on bag to save the luggage fees! Although this coming from the airline that wants to charge for the toilet!

Alex

[Darren Wheeler]

Love to know how the screening would work, unless that is DIY too...

This has already had a bit of a going over in a thread a month or so ago here.

Paul

[honey lamb]

I've merged the thread begun by carter to the original one to keep the discussion in the one place

[HighFlyer]

To be fair, you can at least guarantee you wont lose your bag if you have brought it to the plane [:)]

Thanks,
Sarah

quote:Originally posted by HighFlyer
To be fair, you can at least guarantee you wont lose your bag if you have brought it to the plane [:)]

Thanks,
Sarah


..and Ryanair wouldn't have to search for it if you miss the last call.

[RichardMannion]

Is it a new week already? MOL says something outrageous again that is bound to drive publicity for the airline - remember as far as he is concerned, there is no such thing as bad publicity.

quote:Originally posted by Darren Wheeler
Love to know how the screening would work, unless that is DIY too...


something like this ...

Man = did you pack the bag yourself?

Woman = you know I did because you never do

Man = oh not this again! everytime we go away !

Woman = I wonder why I ever married you!

Man = Oh I wonder about that myself. Every day ...