WHO WOULD YOU PUT FORWARD TO RUN THE COUNTRY?

GavRedKing

Jesus H. Christ gets my vote anyway

Noreen1

starviewadams wrote: »

St.Patrick,but he's probably too busy with his exterminating jobs

Ooh! I dunno.
I think he missed a few serpents the last time he was here!:D:D

Noreen

Dravokivich

IMF

They are emmotionally detached from the issues and will look over everything as a "yes it's needed / no it's not needed" scenario.

Everyone else on that list has a grudge, which will get us nowhere..

stephendevlin

Why the hell do we have a finance minister again??? Get Rid of him ... big saving there sure what the feck was he doing anyways?? NO NO NO we are not going to have a bailout from IMF... 2 days later. ... OK were having a bailout... Doesnt know his arse from his elbow

Lord Trollington

Joey the lips wrote: »

Michael o leary is an ass hole and i will always do my best to avoid flying ryanair...Even to the point of spending more money on another airline.

Thats why the country is in the Hole its in , attitudes like that.

coffee_cake

whycliff wrote: »

Thats why the country is in the Hole its in , attitudes like that.

Preferring quality?

Yeah sure

ilovesleep

VOTE WAGNER

Lord Trollington

bluewolf wrote: »

Preferring quality?

Yeah sure

Quality? Your travelling from A to B. I would understand if you were travelling Business Class from Dublin to Tokyo, but your talking a maximum of 3 hour flight.

I suppose its good to be in a position like yourself where money is no problem, like the government were 4 or 5 years ago buying voting machines for storage purposes and building a €3 million tuck shop/glass house on Kildare street.

KnifeWRENCH

Why Brian Cowen, of course. Shur isn't he doing a grand job?

All hail Biffo and his glorious régime.

Sincerely,
little girl.

coffee_cake

whycliff wrote: »

Quality? Your travelling from A to B. I would understand if you were travelling Business Class from Dublin to Tokyo, but your talking a maximum of 3 hour flight.

I suppose its good to be in a position like yourself where money is no problem, like the government were 4 or 5 years ago buying voting machines for storage purposes and building a €3 million tuck shop/glass house on Kildare street.

Where did I mention my position? Did I say money was no problem? Did I say I book AL flights just for the fun of it cos I'm rolling in money?
And comparing cheap flights to the voting machines... :rolleyes:

As it happens, for the flights I make regularly the price isn't that different, the ryanair times are the most awkward possible and I hate their flights. I hate the overprocessed air, I hate being made to stand in the waiting gate area, I hate the garish colours, I hate the loud applause when they arrive "on time" (because they over-estimated the time deliberately), I hate the crappy little airports which are CALLED "x city" but are actually a very long crappy bus ride (no trains of course) from x city, and I hate everything about them.
So yeah, I'll pay more not to be irritated to fcuk. And it's my money, I'm spending it in our economy, so what the hell anyone has a problem with that for, I just don't know.

The country is "in the hole it's in" for a myriad of reasons, and not one of them is flying AL instead of ryanair.
Christ.

prinz

whycliff wrote: »

Quality? Your travelling from A to B. I would understand if you were travelling Business Class from Dublin to Tokyo, but your talking a maximum of 3 hour flight.

You mean A to B (by B of course we mean C which is an hours bus ride away)...unless of course they delay your flight, fly you to D in the middle of the night, lock the toilets, refuse food and drunk, and have the local fuzz kick you off the plane, blame someone else and say Thanks for flying Ryanair. C*nts.

As above, if you plan properly it's more often than not cheaper in the long run to fly other airlines.

Lord Trollington

I worked for Aerlingus, I know the ins and outs of both companies and the aviation industry and there is very little difference between Ryanair and Aerlingus other than the media's reluctance to report negative stories on Aerlingus due to it once being state owned and now being partly state owned.

There are some Horror stories in Aerlingus also, we just done hear about them.
The only major difference between the 2 is that Aerlingus recognises Unions and treat their workers a whole lot better.

Inverse to the power of one!

prinz wrote: »

You mean A to B (by B of course we mean C which is an hours bus ride away)...unless of course they delay your flight, fly you to D in the middle of the night, lock the toilets, refuse food and drunk, and have the local fuzz kick you off the plane, blame someone else and say Thanks for flying Ryanair. C*nts.

That sounds like the country as it's run now........At least O'Leary would run it in the black

That said tho, shocking state of affairs when the opposition garners less confidence then the IMF and Ryanair :eek:

Then again....It is an AH poll

KnifeWRENCH

Inverse to the power of one! wrote: »

That sounds like the country as it's run now........At least O'Leary would run it in the black

That said tho, shocking state of affairs when the opposition garners less confidence then the IMF and Ryanair :eek:

Then again....It is an AH poll

I'm not commenting on your post, I just have to say that your username is fantastic.

bladespin

Yareli Enough Slang wrote: »

He'd need a party first

This is a huge part of the problem, party politics don't work, END, a large proportion of today's problems have been caused by our TDs looking after FF first and the country second, it also breeds cronyism another of the major ailments in our system.

laugh

Joey the lips wrote: »

I find it amazing that the calander he has produced will have all its money donated to a german charity....

Thats nice for an irish man....

I wonder what he hopes to gain out of it....

Oh wait he is doing it out of the goodness of his own heart....:rolleyes:

It went to an Irish charity before and a UK one, he is running a European company with customers all over Europe. He also pays all his tax in this country. He is also the number one horse owner in Ireland. Apart from doing anything to get free marketing his company is on time more often, loses less bags and consider the growth in their passenger numbers. You need to educate yourself about Ireland's most successful company.

prinz

laugh wrote: »

.. his company is on time more often...

I do wish people would drop this nugget. They are "on time" more often because they deliberately over-state the length of flights.

coffee_cake

prinz wrote: »

I do wish people would drop this nugget. They are "on time" more often because they deliberately over-state the length of flights.

Yup :rolleyes:

laugh

prinz wrote: »

I do wish people would drop this nugget. They are "on time" more often because they deliberately over-state the length of flights.

And what do their rivals like easyjet do? Considering the way all crew and handling staff are drilled on the turn around for aircraft, external factors may cause delays but any Ryanair flight I have been on has taken off on time.

Kev_ps3

People are idiots if they think this country would be great with Michael O'Leary running it. This country is more then an economy.

coffee_cake

laugh wrote: »

And what do their rivals like easyjet do? Considering the way all crew and handling staff are drilled on the turn around for aircraft, external factors may cause delays but any Ryanair flight I have been on has taken off on time.

I imagine easyjet don't play an annoying bloody fanfare every time they land and boast about being on time

laugh

bluewolf wrote: »

Mhm


If I recall correctly:
AL: dub -> fra: 1h45
RA: dub -> fra: 2h
Of course they'll be "on time" :rolleyes:

Do ryanair fly to FRA? AL €55+

They fly to HHN. RYA €27+

Both flights monday 29th.

laugh

bluewolf wrote: »

I imagine easyjet don't play an annoying bloody fanfare every time they land and boast about being on time

No they removed all information pertaining to on-time/delays from their website as well.

coffee_cake

laugh wrote: »

Do ryanair fly to FRA? AL €55+

They fly to HHN. RYA €27+

Both flights monday 29th.

Aer lingus in advance is generally same price. And as I said, RA times are also annoyingly awkward.
AND I was talking about times not prices!

laugh

bluewolf wrote: »

AND I was talking about times not prices!

Yes you were, but they are not flying to the same airport.

positron

<sarcasm>
Bertie! everything was brilliant when Bertie was in charge! :rolleyes:
</sarcasm>

I would suggest hiring Obama when he finishes the current term. Probably cheaper than the likes of Biffo etc too.

Or we can run a campaign for the 'best job in the world', like they did for the island off Australia. A once in a life time opportunity to run the emerald isle, great pay, 4m captive citizens to pay for anything you do, loads of booze, expected to party, host parties and talk silly, and you couldn't possibly do worse than the predecessor if you tried! And you get to fire Mary Harney and the like! What is there not to like?

coffee_cake

laugh wrote: »

Yes you were, but they are not flying to the same airport.

That's why I'd already gone back and edited.
My memory is them overestimating the times in general, whether that particular place or not.

drdeadlift

Joey the lips wrote: »

Michael o leary is an ass hole and i will always do my best to avoid flying ryanair...Even to the point of spending more money on another airline.

so you take your flying really seriously!

Lord Trollington

bluewolf wrote: »

Aer lingus in advance is generally same price. And as I said, RA times are also annoyingly awkward.
AND I was talking about times not prices!

No 2 flights are ever the same, flight paths change, wind speed changes and of course there is always taxi time and ATC restrictions.

I returned from New York one time in 5hrs 10mins before then another time it took 6hrs 10.

sonofabeach

Mick O Leary would sort out the mess we're in. He's one of my heroes and yes he is an asshole but a very sucessfull one.
I find it interesting that Pat Rabbite and not Eamonn Gilmore is listed as the Labour representive.