O'Leary still suggests standing up in the back for 5£

[sn26567]

In an interview to the Daily Express, Michael O'Leary is adamant that Ryanair passengers could soon be able to fly standing up for just £5. He said he would use a £1 toilet tax to “change passenger behaviour” and fund the cheap flights. He hoped the coin-operated toilet would be introduced soon “and 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 confirmed the airline had consulted with Boeing over refitting its fleet with “vertical seats” to allow passengers to be strapped in while standing up, which would cost between £4 and £8 per person.

A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the plans were unlikely to meet safety requirements. He said: “It’s aviation law that people have to have a seatbelt on for 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 seatbelt on".

See full article in the Daily Express

[regi]

can you imagine all those leggs kicking around during turbulence?

[Stij]

I think Mr. O Leary still has way to many seats to be sold for the summer season and needed free publicity... again... and again it worked...

Cheers,

Stijn

Edit: typo...

[sean1982]

Exactly Stijn,

It won't happen.

[speedbird1]

The Ryanair PR machine rolls on, full marks to MOL!

Ems

[sn26567]

Finally a picture of such a "seat". It has only 23 inches of legroom.



Full article in Time magazine

[regi]

even the model looks doubtful "are you serious?"

[HAWK21M]

I understand cost saving is important,but this is going overboard.....Next someone will suggest Stacking pax vertically to increase capacity.