Comments on: Michael O’Leary is my hero http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/ Local stuff and other stuff from a blow-in Fri, 11 May 2012 17:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Conor O'Neill http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-166510 Conor O'Neill Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:45:06 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-166510 Well he could start with all those civil servants who take 16 days sick leave a year. Applying the Ryanair model, they would get 4 sick days a year and then pay through the nose in salary deductions for any further ones. Well he could start with all those civil servants who take 16 days sick leave a year. Applying the Ryanair model, they would get 4 sick days a year and then pay through the nose in salary deductions for any further ones.

]]> By: Paul Hunter http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-166506 Paul Hunter Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:01:14 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-166506 Wouldn't you just love to see O'Leary running the country for six months? We'd probably have many more cuts than the current government is proposing but at least it'd be a laugh. Wouldn’t you just love to see O’Leary running the country for six months? We’d probably have many more cuts than the current government is proposing but at least it’d be a laugh.

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-166006 Conor O'Neill Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:19:23 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-166006 Some of the best paid pilots in the world. I'm 41, can figure out how to travel with hand luggage and love a bargain, so he'll have me as a customer for the foreseeable future. Some of the best paid pilots in the world.

I’m 41, can figure out how to travel with hand luggage and love a bargain, so he’ll have me as a customer for the foreseeable future.

]]> By: claire http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-166005 claire Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:16:41 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-166005 Ryanair is only cheap if you are 25, without luggage, without family. I admit that this guy has something of a genius, but a bad one. The way he runs his company and how he put pressure on his pilots or cabin crew is terrific Ryanair is only cheap if you are 25, without luggage, without family. I admit that this guy has something of a genius, but a bad one. The way he runs his company and how he put pressure on his pilots or cabin crew is terrific

]]> By: Conor O'Neill http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-165736 Conor O'Neill Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:53:20 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-165736 @Donncha It was exactly the hatchet job Michael O'Leary predicted. Full review here: http://www.loudervoice.com/reviews/788182936 @Donncha It was exactly the hatchet job Michael O’Leary predicted. Full review here: http://www.loudervoice.com/reviews/788182936

]]> By: Stephen Crowley http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-165729 Stephen Crowley Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:59:31 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-165729 just watched it before logging into google reader. really enjoyed. gotta love that guy. just watched it before logging into google reader. really enjoyed. gotta love that guy.

]]> By: Donncha http://conoroneill.com/2009/10/12/michael-oleary-is-my-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-165728 Donncha Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:46:09 +0000 http://conoroneill.com/?p=963#comment-165728 Last time I flew to the UK for a break I'm fairly sure I checked Aer Lingus vs Ryanair and there wasn't much of a difference in price. We were traveling with luggage and a buggy, and at least on Aer Lingus we had allocated seating. You can make the same acquisitions about hidden charges to Aer Lingus of course. They'll charge a 5 Euro per person, each way credit card charge too so they're all as bad as each other. That Panorama guy was the wrong person to doorstep him. Great clip though, but I wonder why they had to change tape? Not very professional only having 8 or so minutes of tape. Was the Panorama programme good? Last time I flew to the UK for a break I’m fairly sure I checked Aer Lingus vs Ryanair and there wasn’t much of a difference in price. We were traveling with luggage and a buggy, and at least on Aer Lingus we had allocated seating.

You can make the same acquisitions about hidden charges to Aer Lingus of course. They’ll charge a 5 Euro per person, each way credit card charge too so they’re all as bad as each other.

That Panorama guy was the wrong person to doorstep him. Great clip though, but I wonder why they had to change tape? Not very professional only having 8 or so minutes of tape.

Was the Panorama programme good?

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