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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
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On the story below. Flying is now, "pay as you go" on everything. The Airlines are micromanaging everything in it's business operations. The worse thing that could happen, if several people on a flight have diarrhea. Bad food given to all the people on the plane while in flight. What a money maker that would end up being, with the coin operated toilets. Boeing and Airbus can make a good coin operated door lock on the toilets. ----------------------------- FROM: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...-toilet-charge Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary Only technical issues are holding back plan to charge passengers £1 to use onboard lavatory Press Association guardian.co.uk Thursday 5 March 2009 15.59 GMT Ryanair is serious about charging its passengers to use onboard toilets, its chief executive, Michael O'Leary, said today, adding that it would involve using a credit card rather than a coin slot on the door. He said there were technical and safety issues preventing a £1 coin-operated mechanism but alternative payment options were being explored. The "pay a pound to spend a penny" plan would earn £15m a year for the airline, he said, which could be passed on to passengers in fare savings. "We have looked into this before and the problem is Boeing can't come up with a mechanism on the toilet door to take coins. We're suggesting they go back and look at a mechanism where you'd swipe the credit card for a quid on the toilet door. They've gone off to look at that." The proposal to charge for toilets caused a storm last week among consumer champions and industry analysts while Ryanair public relations executives even tried to play down the suggestion. But O'Leary, during one of his regular press briefings in Dublin, said the charge would be introduced as soon as technically possible. "(People say) you can't be serious. We are serious," he said. "If you look at it sensibly, it would reduce an awful lot of the unnecessary visits to the toilet that ****es so many passengers off onboard a plane. "Our average journey time is one hour. Most people would go to the loo before they get on the plane, or they hold it until they land. You would only have to deal with the people who absolutely have to go. "Frankly, if we think 20% of our passengers in a year would use the facility, if they paid a pound per passenger, it would raise about 15 million quid and would help us to pass on £15m worth of fare savings to the travelling public." O'Reilly rejected criticism, describing the plan as another "cutting-edge" initiative, like charging for drinks. "All this pious stuff about if you're serving teas and snacks, you can't charge for entering the toilet. All right then, we'll charge you to exit the toilets and we'll let you enter free, but you'll have to pay a pound to get back out again," he said. "I think eventually it's going to happen. It's just we can't do it at the moment because we don't have a mechanism for charging you." ... |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
That guy must be a Jew.
Only a yid would throw a beer party (or, in this case, a tea party) and charge to use the can. ****ing kikes! "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message m... Hello On the story below. Flying is now, "pay as you go" on everything. The Airlines are micromanaging everything in it's business operations. The worse thing that could happen, if several people on a flight have diarrhea. Bad food given to all the people on the plane while in flight. What a money maker that would end up being, with the coin operated toilets. Boeing and Airbus can make a good coin operated door lock on the toilets. ----------------------------- FROM: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...-toilet-charge Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary Only technical issues are holding back plan to charge passengers £1 to use onboard lavatory Press Association guardian.co.uk Thursday 5 March 2009 15.59 GMT Ryanair is serious about charging its passengers to use onboard toilets, its chief executive, Michael O'Leary, said today, adding that it would involve using a credit card rather than a coin slot on the door. He said there were technical and safety issues preventing a £1 coin-operated mechanism but alternative payment options were being explored. The "pay a pound to spend a penny" plan would earn £15m a year for the airline, he said, which could be passed on to passengers in fare savings. "We have looked into this before and the problem is Boeing can't come up with a mechanism on the toilet door to take coins. We're suggesting they go back and look at a mechanism where you'd swipe the credit card for a quid on the toilet door. They've gone off to look at that." The proposal to charge for toilets caused a storm last week among consumer champions and industry analysts while Ryanair public relations executives even tried to play down the suggestion. But O'Leary, during one of his regular press briefings in Dublin, said the charge would be introduced as soon as technically possible. "(People say) you can't be serious. We are serious," he said. "If you look at it sensibly, it would reduce an awful lot of the unnecessary visits to the toilet that ****es so many passengers off onboard a plane. "Our average journey time is one hour. Most people would go to the loo before they get on the plane, or they hold it until they land. You would only have to deal with the people who absolutely have to go. "Frankly, if we think 20% of our passengers in a year would use the facility, if they paid a pound per passenger, it would raise about 15 million quid and would help us to pass on £15m worth of fare savings to the travelling public." O'Reilly rejected criticism, describing the plan as another "cutting-edge" initiative, like charging for drinks. "All this pious stuff about if you're serving teas and snacks, you can't charge for entering the toilet. All right then, we'll charge you to exit the toilets and we'll let you enter free, but you'll have to pay a pound to get back out again," he said. "I think eventually it's going to happen. It's just we can't do it at the moment because we don't have a mechanism for charging you." .. |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operatedtoilets on airplanes
On Mar 5, 10:41*am, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote: Hello Hello to you too. This kind of crap will fly more easily in Europe than in the United States. (heh) If you go into a McDonald's or any restaurant with a bathroom in Europe there will nearly always be some ja**as* sitting there demanding that you pay him 50 euro cent in order to perform a function that all people must perform - especially when they have been eating and drinking. Coincidentally, and I am sure not at all related, most major train stations in Europe have **** stains everywhere especially where there are lockers or a secluded area. I have been spolied in the US with being able to just use the restroom without worry or hassle about having to pay money to do so. If they try making people pay for a toilet on an airplane in the US I think people will avoid that airline completely as long as an alternative airline exists that lets them pee freely and can get them to the same place with a competetive airfare. It would be business suicide. |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
"PC" wrote in message ... On Mar 5, 10:41 am, "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote: Hello Hello to you too. This kind of crap will fly more easily in Europe than in the United States. (heh) If you go into a McDonald's or any restaurant with a bathroom in Europe there will nearly always be some ja**as* sitting there demanding that you pay him 50 euro cent in order to perform a function that all people must perform - especially when they have been eating and drinking. Coincidentally, and I am sure not at all related, most major train stations in Europe have **** stains everywhere especially where there are lockers or a secluded area. I have been spolied in the US with being able to just use the restroom without worry or hassle about having to pay money to do so. If they try making people pay for a toilet on an airplane in the US I think people will avoid that airline completely as long as an alternative airline exists that lets them pee freely and can get them to the same place with a competetive airfare. It would be business suicide. ___________________ Sure would be. The clincher would be if an airline were to impose this fee coinciding with the offer of unlimited free beer. |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated
In article PC writes:
.... This kind of crap will fly more easily in Europe than in the United States. (heh) Perhaps, I do not know. If you go into a McDonald's or any restaurant with a bathroom in Europe there will nearly always be some ja**as* sitting there demanding that you pay him 50 euro cent in order to perform a function that all people must perform - especially when they have been eating and drinking. Coincidentally, and I am sure not at all related, most major train stations in Europe have **** stains everywhere especially where there are lockers or a secluded area. Well, I know of at least one McDonald's where you can go to the toilets for free. Do you know which toilet in that neighbourhood gets most clients that are not customers? I have been spolied in the US with being able to just use the restroom without worry or hassle about having to pay money to do so. If they try making people pay for a toilet on an airplane in the US I think people will avoid that airline completely as long as an alternative airline exists that lets them pee freely and can get them to the same place with a competetive airfare. It would be business suicide. Hrm. Ryanair is about the cheapest company in Europe. They recoup their losses on the lower fare by charging just about everything. You have to pay to check in bagage. You have to pay when you do not have an on-line boarding pass. You have to pay for each and every on-flight drink. Apparently they see a visit to the toilet as additional service, for which you have to pay. Their fares are just the barest minimum you have to pay. And when they state that you go to a city it may very well be that were you land is not as near to the city you want to go to as the city's own airport. They attract customers, because of the low fares. Taking planes is a bit irrational overall. Some time ago the Dutch government levies a tax on all flights from national airports. At that time many customers decided to go by train or car to airports in other countries. However, the cost to get to those other airports in many cases exceeded the tax levied. -- dik t. winter, cwi, science park 123, 1098 xg amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated
On Mar 5, 8:52*pm, "Dik T. Winter" wrote:
In article PC writes: ... * This kind of crap will fly more easily in Europe than in the United * States. *(heh) Perhaps, I do not know. Europeans are more conditioned to have to pay to relieve themselves. I'd say that is pretty compelling. * If you go into a McDonald's or any restaurant with a bathroom in * Europe there will nearly always be some ja**as* sitting there * demanding that you pay him 50 euro cent in order to perform a function * that all people must perform - especially when they have been eating * and drinking. *Coincidentally, and I am sure not at all related, most * major train stations in Europe have **** stains everywhere especially * where there are lockers or a secluded area. Well, I know of at least one McDonald's where you can go to the toilets for free. *Do you know which toilet in that neighbourhood gets most clients that are not customers? And? I bet the buildings nearby are relatively ****-stain free. That would be good for property values and general health. I, for one, would walk past other McDonald's, make a purchase, and then happily **** there. Knowing such a McDonald's exists nearby would raise my disdain for other restaurants even more. Then again I am conditioned to not accept that you should pay to relieve yourself. I also prefer to not see **** stains in train stations and other public areas. I would rather go in a shady truck stop with a god awful filthy bathroom and **** for free rather then pay someone just sitting there for a clean restroom. In the United States, McDonald's and other restaurants will send their own employees to clean the bathroom. I see no problem with that model. I do see a problem with some random man or woman demanding I pay for services the restaurant should already provide. Did I mention the **** stains in train stations? * I have been spolied in the US with being able to just use the restroom * without worry or hassle about having to pay money to do so. *If they * try making people pay for a toilet on an airplane in the US I think * people will avoid that airline completely as long as an alternative * airline exists that lets them pee freely and can get them to the same * place with a competetive airfare. *It would be business suicide. Hrm. *Ryanair is about the cheapest company in Europe. *They recoup their losses on the lower fare by charging just about everything. Sounds to me like they are no real bargain then. They are just hiding the true cost in other ways. |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
"Mr. E" wrote in message ... That guy must be a Jew. Only a yid would throw a beer party (or, in this case, a tea party) and charge to use the can. ****ing kikes! No no Assholes such as yourself would do the same. -- * /?\ /___\ -O=O- ^ AS & His Magic Hat A conclusion is simply the place where you decided to stop thinking. |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
I once went with Ryanair from Norway to UK and the ticket was 50 pence. Then
paying 1 pound for toilet would be double the ticket price ))) |
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Ryanair toilet charge is no joke, insists O'Leary - Coin operated toilets on airplanes
"PC" wrote in message ... On Mar 5, 10:41 am, "Arizona Coin Collector" wrote: Hello Hello to you too. This kind of crap will fly more easily in Europe than in the United States. (heh) If you go into a McDonald's or any restaurant with a bathroom in Europe there will nearly always be some ja**as* sitting there demanding that you pay him 50 euro cent in order to perform a function that all people must perform - especially when they have been eating and drinking. Coincidentally, and I am sure not at all related, most major train stations in Europe have **** stains everywhere especially where there are lockers or a secluded area. I have been spolied in the US with being able to just use the restroom without worry or hassle about having to pay money to do so. If they try making people pay for a toilet on an airplane in the US I think people will avoid that airline completely as long as an alternative airline exists that lets them pee freely and can get them to the same place with a competetive airfare. It would be business suicide. ===================================== Unfortunately, Michael O'Leary is borderline certifiable. His OCD pushes him to slash costs even down to ordering aircraft with no window shades because staff wastes valuable time resetting the shades between flights. I'm surprised it took him this long to get around to thinking about charging for the loo. People will still fly Ryan because he slashes prices, even down into the teens for short-hop flights. He's the Wal-Mart of European airlines. Passengers are lucky he doesn't just rip out the toilets to make room for more seats on short-haul aircraft. |
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