Budget Travel - Ryanair - pay to load your own bag on the plane

But the company believes that it could save money if it did not have to pay for baggage handlers to transport suitcases from the terminal to the aircraft.

Currently passengers are charged £10 to put a bag into the hold.

Passengers who are willing to do this would see the cost of checking in a bag reduced, but the airline was unable to say by how much.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5430226/Passengers-may-have-to-load-their-own-bags-onto-Ryanair-flights.html

And the loo charge moves a step nearer

You have to marvel at the media's willingness to print any kind of drivel about FR.

As the article points out, there are security and other considerations. While it might be theoretically possible at small airports like Friedrichshafen or Aarhus, I just don't see it at STN.

Actually, this is not a new idea. The Ilyushin IL-86 widebody was designed AIUI to allow pax to load their bags directly into the plane. As I always refused to use Aeroflot, I have no personal experience of this.

And the toilet charge was always a non-starter IMO.

And the toilet charge was always a non-starter IMO.

That may be YOUR opinion... but clearly MOL has other ideas here:

http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/MostRead/910619/Ryanair-confirms-toilet-charges/

At least I would know my bag made it onto the plane.

That may be YOUR opinion... but clearly MOL has other ideas here:

http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/MostRead/910619/Ryanair-confirms-toilet-charges/I'll believe it if it happens, even if the logic makes some kind of sense.

Actually, in the early days EZ removed an inflight loo from their planes and gained 6 (IIRC) additional seats.