Ive got a question for you……..
Flown with Ryanair a couple of times in the last six months, and everytime I have flown with them the first two or three rows on their 738s have been blocked off, i.e. no pax can sit there. Has anyone else seen this? Amusing when the last pax on tries to sit in the seats and FA tells him/her sternly that they can’t sit there. Why do they do this? Balance or something? Or am I missing a really obvious explanation?
Mark
By: Bmused55 - 9th May 2004 at 14:12
There ya see. As I said. *smug grin on face* 😀
By: cabincrew1 - 8th May 2004 at 23:16
its the weight load of the a/c
By: Duesseldwarf - 8th May 2004 at 23:10
Being Ryanair – it must be cheaper somehow to do this. £€£€£€£€£€£€
By: Mark L - 8th May 2004 at 23:03
What is the reason for that then?
By: Hand87_5 - 8th May 2004 at 22:05
What does it mean rule one and two?
By: cabincrew1 - 8th May 2004 at 21:56
hi there i’m cabin crew with ryanair and to clear up why we have the first TWO rows blocked off is that if we have under 170 pax we work on rule one which is the first two rows blocked off and if under 65 pax we have rule two which is back 4 rows and front six rows blocked off hope that helps you all
By: Bmused55 - 7th May 2004 at 12:12
I suspect a matter of cost saving, but I don’t really understand how …..
Cost saving?
Like leaving seats empty are gonna save costs in Ryanairs type of operation? I don’t think so.
O’leary would have you stand, holding onto hand rails so that he could fit more on the aircraft. That is, if it was allowed!
By: Hand87_5 - 7th May 2004 at 11:08
I suspect a matter of cost saving, but I don’t really understand how …..
By: markkipling - 7th May 2004 at 10:53
Picked up on my maths there . . . yes the whole row is blocked off. Still no definate answer then!
By: RIPConcorde - 6th May 2004 at 18:26
I think you’ll find it’s 18 seats. I presume the whole row is blocked off.
By: markkipling - 6th May 2004 at 13:05
Maybe they load all the bags at the front? (I dont know if you have the option of loading bags at front or back on 737s?). Three rows not used, thats 9 seats and £x in revenue. Probably saving costs one way or the other…
By: Hand87_5 - 6th May 2004 at 11:29
I noticed that too.
By: Bmused55 - 6th May 2004 at 11:13
Seems to realy point in the direction of Weight distribution.
By: Mark L - 6th May 2004 at 11:05
Happened on my LTN-DUB flight on sunday, the back 6 rows had their seats folded down (B732) and on all my 3 738 flights the front 3 were blocked off with the tray tables down ???
By: Bmused55 - 6th May 2004 at 11:01
Could be for weight distribution.
Seems silly to keep rows open for no reason if the plane is otherwise full.
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