A few days ago it was announced that Ryanair was to provide a service so people could talk on mobile phones while in-flight on the plane. Loads of people seemed to think it was a terrible idea. It personally would put me off flying with Ryanair.
Now there is another reason added to this. It seems to people in charge of Ryanair – or certainly the spokeman and a “staff member” – doesnt think much of people who blog.
Web developer Jason Roe thought he’d discovered a flaw in Ryanair’s website while booking a flight, and blogged about how it seemed that users could book a flight for a charge of ’0.00′. Someone commented on his post (under the name “Ryanair staff”). (Travolution looked into it and the IP address of “Ryanair Staff” could be traced back to Ryanair HQ):
“jason! you’re an idiot and a liar!! fact is!
“you’ve opened one session then another and requested a page meant for a different session, you are so stupid you dont even know how you did it! you dont get a free flight, there is no dynamic data to render which is prob why you got 0.00. what self respecting developer uses a crappy CMS such as word press anyway AND puts they’re mobile ph number online, i suppose even a prank call is better than nothing on a lonely sat evening!!”
(I dont know what this Ryanair staff member has a problem with WordPress – its one of the most popular blog software out there, I use it and many many other people do).
Jason Roe replies and it goes back and forth a few times. You can read it all either on Jason Roe’s blog or on the Guardian web site.
No matter whos side you are on, what the Ryanair spokesperson has said isnt really the best PR! Here is what the spokesperson said:
“Ryanair can confirm that a Ryanair staff member did engage in a blog discussion. It is Ryanair policy not to waste time and energy corresponding with idiot bloggers and Ryanair can confirm that it won’t be happening again.
“Lunatic bloggers can have the blog sphere all to themselves as our people are far too busy driving down the cost of air travel.”
Unbelievable!!
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