Ryanair seems to provide me with endless blogging opportunities. But it's neither madman CEO Micheal O'Leary nor the airline itself that's the topic here; rather Ryanair's passengers. Flying back from Spain last weekend I was struck, yet again, at the complete lack of rational behaviour of people who fly Ryanair. Or rather people
when they fly Ryanair. The behaviour that just wouldn't be acceptable on Aer Lingus seems par for the course on Ryanair! But it happens before you even get on the plane.
So after arriving 45 minutes before boarding time to ensure three seats together, we queued nicely behind 25 or so people at the gate. Over the next thirty minutes, the queue grew, but not behind us as one would hope. No no, the majority of the other passengers felt queuing from the side would be more appropriate. So by the time the plane boarded (late I might add) a nice T shaped queue had developed. Some overly nice people towards the front of the queue decided to 'be nice' and allow these people go ahead. RESULT: the first 10-30 people in the queue were last to board. And Ryanair staff were not even remotely bothered by it.
Having watched the behaviour of passengers on Ryanair over recent years it seems clear to me that people do whatever they like on the pretense of 'getting a seat', forgetting that this is not a bus, and everyone does in fact have a seat!
Ryanair still insist that non allocated seating is the fastest way to board a plane, a stance which I question, given the chaos that reigns at the gate and on board.
Now I may be a cynic, but could it be that Ryanair loves this chaos as it may prompt you to buy priority boarding next time???
