Not pathetic at all. Whilst I acknowledge that Ryanair and others of their ilk have done a lot to allow a certain segment of the population to fly regularly, the low-fare segment in general has also:
* Made the airline industry a far less pleasant place to work for almost everyone in the industry – has degraded terms and conditions, reduced pay and increased stress in the industry right across the board. What is the true price of your check ticket for those who work (or have worked) in the industry?
Nobody forces anyone to work in the industry. There is stress involved in every job or should be. Why should aviation be any different? Time moves on and things change.
* Whilst some will undoubtedly say that my wish to see Ryanair go away would hurt a lot of its employees, it remaining has the potential to hurt far more across the industry in the long term. Make no mistake – Ryanair offers low fares not because it wants to, but because it has to. When (if) the competition goes away Ryanair fares will rise. This is good neither for the staff at the competition who may lose their jobs, nor for the gullible punters who buy Ryanair’s cheap fares because sooner or later they might be shafted with higher Ryanair fares.
Andy
It offers low fares because that is its business plan. If Ryanair prices went to high competition would soon reappear, that is the market they work in.
Airlines have been forced out of business for centuries long before Ryanair turned up, it happens in all cut throat industries. Of course im not saying monopolies are good but its all a damm site better then the days of state aided airlines with huge prices imo.
* Vastly increased the problems attributed to the airline industry in terms of global warming and climate change. Were the low-fare sector not around, airline growth would have been much more limited and the man in the street’s perception of aviation in terms of climate change would be much reduced
Andy
Once again this goes back to only certain sections of society would be able to travel by plane. For someone to hide behind this argument to list private flying as a hobby it’s extremely hypocritical.
All in all, my opinion is that the airline industry in general would have been (and could be in future) far better off without the likes of Ryanair..
Andy
How would it be then? Back to the 80’s days of Aer Lingus and BA’s charging £200+ for London to Dublin?
Ryanair has many positives which you have failed to mention. Such as the amount of jobs it has created throughout Europe. The increased tourism many areas have received because of there low cost flights. And best of all cheep flights for all.
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