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Ryanair: ‘We don’t have time to waste with stupid follow-up questions from your readers’ (www.irishtimes.com)

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 57 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If your readers don’t accept this policy, then they should please feel free to fly with other airlines, who may operate a more lax minors travel policy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair

The company has at times been criticised for its...tendency to intentionally generate controversy in order to gain publicity.[31][32][33]

"Let's be honest," the RyanAir spokesman continued. "If your readers aren't willing to even fly with their children, can it really be said that they even love them?"

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

The last part of service section regarding the Afrikaans language test is wild. The sales flow is sacred and I cannot believe such a huge stupid blocker would get green lit into product.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as bad publicity. We're seeing this daily.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars

It was widely reported that within four weeks of the video being posted online, United Airlines' stock price fell 10%, costing stockholders about $180 million in value

What a silly thing to say.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

And where is their stock now?

I suppose it would be better to ask how long that lasted.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On 6 July, 2009, United Airlines opened at $3.31 and dipped to an intra-day low $3.07 (-7.25%) on 10 July, but that very day closed at $3.26 and traded as high as $6.00 (+81.27%) four weeks later on August 6.[20]

There it is, nearly instant profit

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's exactly what the phrase means. I can guarantee you that smart traders made a good chunk off the dip.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Once everyone forgot about it, I'm sure it went back to normal.

But it certainly did them no favours. The David Dao incident is another example of there definitely being bad publicity.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, that's the point. It was a temporary thing and then business as normal.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just because it blew over eventually doesn't mean it wasn't bad publicity.