Originally Posted by Dave_C
Flying with an inoperable escape slide, without reducing the passenger numbers and informing them as required to do so, is quite enough for me.
You see, this is exactly the problem I'm talking about. There was no evidence that it was in-op. Only that it "looked funny". That from a cabin crew who by her own admission had spent almost no time on the aircraft for practical training. If Ryanair had no "record" of it, that's probably because it was absolutely fine and didn't actually need fixing in the first place. Be careful about what conclusions you jump to based on significantly incomplete evidence!
(I'm really, really not trying to defend Ryanair, honest!)