Originally Posted by Helsinki Flyer
Quite an unbelievable story you got there MADFlyer. Not that Iīm not believing.
I had no idea they could make you weigh your clothes? Thatīs a bit too much in my opinion. Iīve got to try them sometime. Iīve only taken Easyjet, but they seem to use better airports than Ryanair. Thatīs actually the reason Iīve never flown Ryanair.
Easyjet competes more in the main airport market instead of negotiating dream contracts with regional airports as RyanAir does.
Weighing the coat went way over the top considering this was Sweden in winter.
Ryan has some other strange practices like blocking several rows at the front and back of aircraft and say it is for weight and balance and fuel economy. Boarding is by number series so that those that are there early get the best choice of seats. But it seams so strange when everyone is packed in the middle of the plane with all those empty seats.
I personally think it is done to establish a zone far enough from the staff complaining to each other about their working conditions or showing their inexperience for passengers to hear.
A good tip if you have an early number is to board at the rear of the aircraft where possible as you can more easily get your prefferred aisle or window seat and avoid the dreaded middle.
They do let you move to one of the free blocked rows during flight but force you back to the centre for landing.