tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528812.post1093946626355770005..comments2023-06-14T08:58:35.243-04:00Comments on Jeff Strabone: never fly Ryan AirJeff Strabonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13381289400378450933noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528812.post-68878973315338937192009-07-06T20:27:35.374-04:002009-07-06T20:27:35.374-04:00Since my misfortune yesterday, I have learned quit...Since my misfortune yesterday, I have learned quite a bit more about Ryan Air and the antics of its CEO, Michael O'Leary.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6186585.ece" rel="nofollow">Times of London</a> on April 28, 2009 quoted him as saying that only slumdwellers will die of H1N1 influenza: '"It is a tragedy only for people living ... in slums in Asia or Mexico. But will the honeymoon couple from Edinburgh die? No. A couple of Strepsils will do the job."'<br /><br />Here he is in the <a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article4446137.ece" rel="nofollow">Times of London</a> on August 2, 2008 denying global warming: '"This global warming nonsense is no different to some of the more lunatic movements you’ve had throughout history. They were excommunicating Galileo 500 years ago for suggesting the Earth might go round the Sun. Now the nutbag ecologists say we’re boiling the planet to extinction. This is just the crazy idea for the first decade of the 21st century."'<br /><br />There is no keeping one's hands and one's purse entirely clean in the modern world, but some corporations' conduct is utterly intolerable. It would be better to pay more money than to do with business with outfits like Ryan Air and its cretinous CEO.Jeff Strabonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381289400378450933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528812.post-61417218073213488962009-07-06T12:14:10.898-04:002009-07-06T12:14:10.898-04:00I hope the rest of your trip is going well.I hope the rest of your trip is going well.42noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7528812.post-22190680578975644932009-07-06T09:42:16.098-04:002009-07-06T09:42:16.098-04:00Jeff,
That is so crappy. Did you read the Crooked...Jeff,<br /><br />That is so crappy. Did you read the Crooked Timber piece on Ryan Air's plan (ostensibly a publicity stunt on the part of their CEO) to install credit card machines on bathroom doors so that they could charge for use? Here's the link to the Crooked Timber piece: http://crookedtimber.org/category/archives/political-economy/<br /><br />-MaeveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com