Why Easyjet et al are evil

[fingertrouble]

This is why. And Ryanair are far far worse.

What made me laugh:

A spokesman for easyJet said: "We do not have any record of the passenger's request to carry medical materials on board the flight.

"However as a gesture of goodwill easyJet has refunded the passenger for the cost of his flight."

What about the £14k for a private jet? FFS. Incompetence, sheer incompetence. By the way I'm flying to Brussels on bmi and will only fly Easyjet or Ryanair as a total last resort. Especially Ryanair who show a total contempt for customers and any idea of social responsibility or climate change.

Comments

[snousle.livejournal.com]

That kind of sucks.

But how can an airline possibly do anything to mitigate climate change? The only thing they could do is to fly only when the plane is 100% full. Most of your plane ticket money goes directly to buying and burning jet fuel, so short of ceasing operations entirely, it is only the passengers that can do anything significant about climate change - by taking the train instead of flying.

[timbearcub.livejournal.com]

Easyjet and other airlines do (optionally, some not so) offset your carbon emissions....yeah it's probably a drop in the ocean...but the guy who runs Ryanair basically said rather rudely it's all a bunch of hogwash, and he didn't care about climate change.

Nice...he might be right; but planting extra trees didn't hurt anybody. :-/

Taking the train? Makes me laugh. Eurostar is only slightly cheaper if I leave at 4am and leave early on Sunday coming back - 8am? Otherwise it's actually more expensive than a regular (ie. not bmi/easyjet if they flew there/ryanair etc) scheduled flight (BA etc) the rest of the time. One way. I mean for the price of a single one way journey I can get a return on BA or bmi (with change to spare).

And it takes longer.

Believe me I'd prefer the train, but Eurostar's half to two-thirds empty trains and high prices don't really make me want to use them. Ironically for a green service the trains are mostly empty...

So I want to be green, and would be if the difference was 10-20 quid and I didn't have to take (dodgy, and freezing cold) nightbuses in the very early morning. But when the difference for a more reasonable time is over double (£250-300 quid vs £125-150), I start to waver.

[snousle.livejournal.com]

Mm, yes, I had not considered carbon offsets, but I too am extremely skeptical of their value.

I had no idea the eurostar was so expensive!

[holy13nation.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck are they sending stem cells by Easyjet?!

[timbearcub.livejournal.com]

Probably some NHS/University/Civil service drive to save money.

I doubt though the others would be that better, though. Jobsworths the lot of em.

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

It was actually for a project in Barcelona. A woman who had her breasts removed for cancer had some thighs stem cells cultivated in Bristol to generate adipous tissue to use in the breasts.
Easyjet sais that it was forbidden luggage, period.
Now, why did the use this? It seems that it's common practise with "regular" airlines, provided it's a certified system. However, only Easyjet fly to Barcelona from Bristol so it was their only choice