Whatever irritation other airlines may inflict on passengers, there is nothing like Ryanar’s Michael O’Leary: the head of the controversial airline is said to be bringing back the pay toilet concept.
Reports are that the airline will begin charging for bathroom use to destinations of one hour or less.
“Ryanair stated it is currently in talks with Boeing to retrofit its B737 aircraft with one coin-operated toilet, with the other two toilets to be removed to provide room for an additional six seats,” says the Irish Times.
Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara mentioned that the airline was in talks with Boeing about refitting 50 of its 737- series aircraft with a single coin-operated toilet.
There was no health-and-safety issue, he said, although the change would need approval, as Ryanair’s fleet is already fitted with its maximum permissible number of seats.
“One toilet will discourage overdependence. There is nothing in the rule book to say that an aircraft has to have any toilets at all, which might sound strange, but we believe three toilets are excessive,” he was quoted as saying.
McNamara insists the infamous ‘pee fee’ is now firmly back on the airline’s agenda. He said:
“The funny thing about Michael (Michael O’Leary ) is that he’ll say these things as an off-the-cuff remark, and then he’ll start to think about it more and more, and he’ll start doing the sums.”
By David Wilkening
