The formatting looks awful. I thought this was a fake. Like someone opened Word and typed this with the default style... Don't they have a more professional looking template?
Ryanair’s statement on diversion to Minsk Airport
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#22Not all passengers. One passenger was arrested in Minsk. Why would they omit it/lie like that?
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#23Except for a person, right?
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#24The main purpose of that statement (as always with Ryanair) was to state it was outside of their control and therefore they will auto-reject any claims for delay compensation, regardless of legality.
I do not know why anyone uses them still. I find them awful in every way. Will stay-cation if I cannot afford the ticket with another airline.
9/10 times the service is near-identical to a flagship. 1/10 times, the sub-par exception handling reveals itself. That's a trade-off I make regularly to save 400 euros.
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#25Others on twitter have pointed out: the pilot's job is to follow instructions from ATC. e.g. https://twitter.com/DavideLeDingue/status/139653511684805837... The blame of this debacle does not lie with RyanAir, notwithstanding the way that their press release reads like "then Mrs Lincoln was slightly delayed at the theatre." https://twitter.com/jen20/status/1396661846187335680
A pilot is absolutely in its right to ignore ATC if they think it's necessary for the safety of the passengers and/or aircraft. ATC is a service to pilots in the air, they provide support. The ultimate decision how to perform the flight lies with the captain. If the aircraft was intercepted by fighters, that makes it more difficult to disobey ATCs orders. But if an ATC tells the aircraft to do X, the pilot can say «N…
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#26The main purpose of that statement (as always with Ryanair) was to state it was outside of their control and therefore they will auto-reject any claims for delay compensation, regardless of legality.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
A pilot is absolutely in its right to ignore ATC if they think it's necessary for the safety of the passengers and/or aircraft. ATC is a service to pilots in the air, they provide support. The ultimate decision how to perform the flight lies with the captain. If the aircraft was intercepted by fighters, that makes it more difficult to disobey ATCs orders. But if an ATC tells the aircraft to do X, the pilot can say «N…
I doubt the pilots knew anything about the reason for the piracy. The only thing they knew was what the ATC told them, no matter how outlandish, and that they had MiGs intercepting them.
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#28The main purpose of that statement (as always with Ryanair) was to state it was outside of their control and therefore they will auto-reject any claims for delay compensation, regardless of legality.
I do not know why anyone uses them still. I find them awful in every way. Will stay-cation if I cannot afford the ticket with another airline.
I use them a lot since they are the only ones which fly where I am going.
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#29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident
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#30The formatting looks awful. I thought this was a fake. Like someone opened Word and typed this with the default style... Don't they have a more professional looking template?
No, that's the Authentic Ryanair experience.