She looks like she should be in a museum or parted out

Aw come on Steve! she’s a thing of beauty;)

Had to think hard about this one. For me the new livery gets it by a ‘nose’ 😉

The Gulfstream family are my favourite biz jet. Nice pic and I see what you mean ref the winglet!

Yes I very reluctantly flew with them recently,but only because it was more convenient to fly from Gatwick!But I certainly did not pay any more to them than absolutely necessary!

I can understand that.;)

Now just think of letting MoL loose with an A380……………..:eek::eek::eek:

Nothing surprising here. But I am surprised that he hasn’t, or maybe he has, considered turning the holds into further seating or ‘strapping points’ Would it be viable to turn the centre fuel tanks into the Ryanair equivalent of a flying stateroom?? I’ve said it before…..don’t use ’em.

Would Ryanair actually carry the stock onboard to feed and water everyone? I would be under the impression that they would carry a limited stock as they are not counting on the fact that everyone wants to buy something.

So unless they were to ring up ground crew to come out to the aircraft with a full passenger set of items, they may gave struggled with what they had?

I admire your attempt at defending the indefensible. IMO if the aircraft lacked the very basic catering items of food and water to make available to the customer in an extended delay scenario, you can bet your life that this aircraft would have ample items onboard for sale in flight! In a situation like this you utilise your handling agent, oops! that would mean paying them a realistic sum for their services, to provide either from the aircraft catering company or yes, even the terminal branch of ‘Costcutter’, or the local Constabulary whichever suits. In the substantial number of years that I have been in aviation, some of which has been in passenger services as well as operations, the protection of the customers affected should be paramount. I have been involved in similar cases of extended delays where basic catering,( ie. a ‘bun’ and a drink ) has been provided by the carrier or at the expense of the tour operator involved. A long delay such the one here which could have a sudden need to make a slot would not preclude a quick welfare catering uplift which could be stopped at any stage and a swift departure made.

Sadly these customers fell victim to the financial reality of this type of operation and that is that customer service with these types of carriers is non existent. Ironic however is that some of these customers would have paid very similar or higher fares to those charged by the full service carriers. In my experience even if the carrier is not obliged to protect customers affected by ATC, most reputable operators do so…..but lets not go there!.

Comes to something doesn’t it when the taxpayer has to pay for an ‘airline’ to provide the basic items to welfare these delayed customers in these circumstances, and with young children. A graphic example of this ‘airlines’ attitude towards its customers…yes Ryanair thats what they are, YOUR customers. Surely it would not have killed the ‘airline’ to have provided a bun and a drink of water to these people, the Police seemed to have managed. God knows even prisons provide that. If Ryanair can’t make ends meet to enable basic customer welfare to be provided then they will have to raise their fares to levels that reflect the true costs of what they are doing, get the many bodies that they get subsidies from to up the dosh or increase the price of the sandwiches that are ‘hawked’ on board. But then again…Pay peanuts and you get to be flown on an ‘airline’ run by monkeys. My sympathies to the poor crews.