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Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality

Wow, this is an aggressive statement by a corporate entity. I know Ryanair has always been more outspoken than other corporate entities (besides perhaps Ben & Jerry's) but this was quite surprising to read

Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality Wow, this is an aggressive statement by a corporate entity. I know Ryanair has always been more outspoken than other corporate entities (besides perhaps Ben & Jerry's) but this was quite surprising to read

The CEO is notoriously outspoken, it doesn't surprise me at all.

It's kind of refreshing to see something that hasn't passed through a public relations filter.

For some colourful viewing, here's the CEO proposing a "standing cabin" on planes, and asserting that "the customer is nearly always wrong": https://youtu.be/xmGRGv2jEkg

Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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That is some incredibly unprofessional tone for an official press release. Anyone who's ever had the misfortune of flying with Ryanair can't be too surprised though.

Hate to defend RyanAir, but I prefer unprofessional to corporate doublespeak.

Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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post #5

That is some incredibly unprofessional tone for an official press release. Anyone who's ever had the misfortune of flying with Ryanair can't be too surprised though.

Hate to defend RyanAir, but I prefer unprofessional to corporate doublespeak.

You have a point, but there's not using doublespeak and then there's just being an abrasive asshole. O'Leary is the latter.

Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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post #4

>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality Wow, this is an aggressive statement by a corporate entity. I know Ryanair has always been more outspoken than other corporate entities (besides perhaps Ben & Jerry's) but this was quite surprising to read

The CEO is notoriously outspoken, it doesn't surprise me at all. It's kind of refreshing to see something that hasn't passed through a public relations filter. For some colourful viewing, here's the CEO proposing a "standing cabin" on planes, and asserting that "the customer is nearly always wrong": https://youtu.be/xmGRGv2jEkg

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Re: Ryanair Condemns Hungarian Govt’s Idiotic ‘Excess Profits’ Tax

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Hate to defend RyanAir, but I prefer unprofessional to corporate doublespeak.

You have a point, but there's not using doublespeak and then there's just being an abrasive asshole. O'Leary is the latter.

Can you qualify that?
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