Posted on 07/01/2010 8:02:22 AM PDT by DeFault User
Published: 6:30AM BST 01 Jul 2010 Ryanair is planning to run flights where passengers stand during the journey at a cost of just £5 per ticket.
Michael O'Leary, the airline's chief executive, will set out proposals today that include charging customers to use the loo.
A standing area with "vertical seats" will be introduced at the back of its fleet of 250 planes. He said that charging customers £1 to make use of facilities would encourage travellers on one hour flights to use lavatories at the airport instead of on the aircraft. The Irishman said he intended to introduce coin-operated loos and added: "The other change we've been looking at is taking out the last 10 rows of seats so we will have 15 rows of seats and the equivalent of 10 rows of standing area."
A Ryanair spokesman said that Boeing had been consulted over refitting the fleet with "vertical seats" which would allow passengers to be strapped in while standing up, which would cost between £4 and £8 per person. Safety testing will be carried out next year. However, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the plans would struggle to meet safety requirements. He said: "It's aviation law that people have to have a seat-belt on from take-off and landing so they would have to be in a seat. I don't know how Mr O'Leary would get around that one.
During turbulence passengers also have to have a seat-belt on." Mr O'Leary was interviewed for ITV's How to Beat the Budget Airlines which airs on Thursday night at 7.30pm.
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Is that inside or outside the airplane?
Is that inside or outside the airplane?
“Strapped in while standing up.”
Somehow, this doesn’t sound that appealing...
For 10 buck flights I’d stand and hour or two, I stand longer than that at work everyday so, not so bad heh.
I believe the loo allows you to whiz in the open air, sort of like trains once opened the toilet on the tracks.
Interesting you say carnival ride. My first thought when hearing about standing room flights was to envision how stand up roller coasters work. It’s doable.
When the floor drops, you get a terrific view!
Wonder if Ryanair will hire some of those “packers” from Japanese railroad stations ?
This is another O’Leary publicity stunt. Vertical Standing “seats” are not approved for use on commercial aircraft anywhere in the world.
Irish!?
IRISH??
He’s not a Scot?
Watch, his NEXT plan will be to stack them horizontally, in the overhead bins...
The concept has been researched.
No way is this going to pass safety muster. I can’t see how they could make it work, unless the “standing seat” faces *backward* and has some sort of heavy industrial-strength harness that really locks the passenger into place.
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Cleanup on aisle number 2!
You'll get more leg room that way too!
It's sort of an arial outhouse. "LOOK OUT BELOW!"
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