I gather the 'public' O'Leary is a very different animal to the real one. Recall some comments from Willie along those lines...MOL was the first to call after the BA38 crash for example.

Really, if you don't like Ryanair, don't fly them. I flew one round trip, was delayed on the return and forced to check my carry on. At that point I decided they weren't for me and haven't gone anywhere near them in 10 years.

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As this isn't even tangentially related to BA we will give this thread a little longer here before to budget travel
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