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Ryanair - to pay to pee or not to pay to pee?
Oh Ryanair, how you mock us. Yesterday, every news source in the world (well, many of them) were abuzz with the news that Ryanair exec Michael O'Leary announced he'd be introducing coin operated bathrooms on his planes.
Normally, when an airline owner announces something on the news, you take it seriously. Apparently that is no longer possible when it comes to stuff O'Leary says.
The latest update in the "paid bathroom concept" comes from a Ryanair spokesperson who's actual statement was:
"Maybe O'Leary was just taking the p*ss this morning. Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and while this has been discussed internally there are no immediate plans to introduce it".
Someone might want to keep O'Leary away from the press for the time being, before you know it, he'll be saying something really stupid like that he wants his flight attendants giving free oral sex on his upcoming transatlantic flights.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
AM in Santiago Feb 28th 2009 3:22PM
There's an easy way to combat pay toilets on Ryanair. Just use the barf bag and smile when you hand it to the flight attendant.
MIKE Feb 28th 2009 3:30PM
I'm sure the barf bag trick has already been done. Anyone out there who has?
Kathy Feb 28th 2009 6:45PM
Either he was joking (and they are when it's discussed "internally") or they are looking to crash their company... LOL who would ever think of this?
lunamorgan Feb 28th 2009 8:06PM
How very astute of you, Kathy. In fact, he was joking. Which you'd realize if you'd read the article.
Robert Feb 28th 2009 3:48PM
To charge to go to the toilet is degrading to your airlines and passengers. People use the toilet out need not because thay enjoy it. If your that tight with money fill your plaines up by having a floating rate. Don't serve drinks in 1st class and special meals that often taste like crap. Charge for all bags including carry ons which in some cases weigh as must as a person.which burns up fuel. If you charge for bags do it by weight not number of bags.
lunamorgan Feb 28th 2009 8:06PM
Firstly, at least for now, that was a joke. They aren't actually making people pay.
Second, um. If I could fly as inexpensively in the U.S. as Europeans can on Ryanair, I would not even bat an eyelash at a pay toilet. I might LAUGH about it, but I wouldn't be upset because you can fly to other countries for around $20-30 sometimes. Can you imagine flying from California to Texas for $30? No? Then don't be annoyed that these people want to make ends meet in slightly odd ways.
Billy the pilot Feb 28th 2009 3:53PM
The barf bag trick has been done. I flew for a couple small airlines in Alaska and it was not unusual to find barf bags full of pee and sometimes something else. I always thanked the people that took the full bag off and disposed of it themselves instead of leaving it in the seat back. One of the other flights someone took a dump in the seat back pocket.
Richard Feb 28th 2009 4:11PM
They probably forgot to mention that toilet paper would be twenty five cents a sheet.
j prueter Feb 28th 2009 4:27PM
i am sure that 1st class wont have to pay. see what u get for an extra $ 600.00. Maybe a private wiper.
lunamorgan Feb 28th 2009 8:06PM
There is no first class in Ryanair and the flight would never cost $600. Most flights cost under $150 USD.
Seymour Feb 28th 2009 4:41PM
You know what will happen if airlines start charging to use the bathroom...paasengers will just hold the door open for the next person, and so on, and so on...
Jennifer Feb 28th 2009 4:51PM
I think that should be illegal. What if an elderly or disabled person needs to go to the bathroom right away and has to fumble around for a damn coin and has an accident? What is someone has air sickness and would rather puke in the bathroom than cause discomfort and odor to his surrounding passenger? What if someone has emergency diarrhea and needs to make a beeline to the bathroom. Give me a break!
Kathy Z. Feb 28th 2009 4:53PM
I BET they would drop that notion the first time someone releived themselves in the seat. Next they'll be asking for a blood donation before boarding!
mike hunt Feb 28th 2009 5:18PM
Just whip it out and pee on the floor.
tony Feb 28th 2009 5:26PM
Now does he charge more if you cht instead of pee??
bill Feb 28th 2009 5:43PM
Literally this is a crap airline! Wouldn't fly with them if the ticket was free.
Joe Feb 28th 2009 6:21PM
Just as I predicted a couple of years ago.
Not just the standard pay-lock on the door but coin-operated TP, soap and paper towel dispensers and even water faucets as some clip-joints have done in the past.
Also a coin-operated drinking water dispenser at, say, a nickel for an 8 ounce paper cup, maybe a nickel for the cup and another nickel for the 8 ounces of water.
Airlines need to sell ad space on and in planes just like transit systems have done for well over a century.
Francisco Feb 28th 2009 6:09PM
Gee I hope the flight attendance have change machines. Which of the european country coins will be used?
Saundra Beckum Feb 28th 2009 6:54PM
It is an Irish airline. I saw it written that he thought everyone could afford a pound. That may very well be true if you are coming from Ireland. But what if you are an American and only have American money which would not fit in the slot. Will the attendant give change in a hurry?
ben Feb 28th 2009 6:45PM
the day they put pay to pee toilets on plains is the day i would not ever fly again,as far as i m concerned they could shut that airline down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they have stollen so much from their employees ,piolets and the public,they are looking for another way to make up some of the theift,i say shut them down anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!