They’ll make it back on toilet expenses!

:-P

LOL. Yeah and only a short 1 hour bus ride to the nearest civilisation

I been to st Petersburg. very interesting country with loads of history

“very interesting country with loads of history”

Translation: the women are stunners and the beer is great.

Natalia , Sorry to disappoint you but there are an increasing number of people like Kevin, myself included, who are beginning to realise that Ireland needs to start questioning the logic behind uncontrolled immigration. Its nothing personal but there is an element of people here who will immediately start screaming racism etc. And I not talking EU here… for example.. the number of “asylum seekers” coming to Ireland since the recession started here has fallen 45%!! Now forgive me for thinking this but surely these poor people who are fleeing pestilence, mutilation, machete wielding neighbours etc etc would be glad to get asylum anywhere in the west??But it seems they realise we can’t afford to be as generous as we used to be ;) ONLY SAYING before the usual suspects start

Elaborate on the higher standard of aircraft?? Im curious

You’ve obviously never flown Aeroflot then

Four times last year, so I think I can judge.

I’ve never had a bad experience with Ryanair flights per say, they do exactly what they say on the tin. Some of the ground staff in foreign airports need a lesson in human relations though.

Aeroflot on the other hand, my experience with them on one occasion was circling Miami 8 times so they could manually get one of the landing gear down so we could land. I think you will find its the latter with over 100 major incidents and 1000’s of fatalities.

Alan, I fly about 100 a year with business and honestly Aeroflot are the worst of the flag carrier airlines ( if that term is still applicable ). Ryanair are the worst of the budget airlines. These are just my opinions though so each to their own. Haven’t flown for a holiday in about 5 years so maybe Ryanair are good for that, don’t know really.

I assume one will be asked if they can swim before booking their ticket!

50% of the time I booked flights with aerlingus they have been canceled or delayed. There is always a Worry over any potential strike with aerlingus. I was also on an aerlingus flight in which bumpy landing resulted in all the oxygen masks being dropped . No apology given just a rough looking air hostess barking at people not to touch the masks.

I have never had a single issue with ryanair. That Kerry to “Frankfurt” flight is great for me getting to Stuttgart.

That’s what the free market is about, you don’t have too, I’ve had 6 flights with Ryanair (they were cheapest) and I haven’t a complaint with any of them. any of the staff I dealt with were fine, each flight was on time and cost less than the others . I can’t see why all this “id die before I’d fly with ryanair” shit comes from. I had a 6hour delay with aerlingus from Heathrow earlier this year and they lost my bag. I wasn’t happy but it certainly won’t stop me flying with them again.

Well Bilbo, this “shit” comes from multiple bad experiences flying with them. Having to commute to/from little airports miles from your destination, pay for the privilege of getting to/from those airports, the increased hassle and stress they introduce with having to print boarding passes, the mad rush onto their planes to sit together, the constant intrusions as they try to sell lottery tickets, train tickets, overpriced bad food. I’ve also been delayed with Aer Lingus but I’d prefer to breeze to an airport close to the city, deal with polite, dignified staff, have a more peaceful flight and not have to deal with an organisation just dying for me to slip up in some way so they can then extract fines from me. You’re happy with Ryanair, that’s great. I on the other hand like full service airlines and especially Aer Lingus to get home to Ireland. Often I find the difference in price is very minimal when you remove the added costs of travel to far flung airports etc.

Gerard your complaining about the commuting to/from airports?? who forced you to book ryanair flights????

Nobody forced me to. I’ve flown into Kerry a few times in the past to make it a bit easier on my parents to collect me or when a group of us have flown somewhere for a weekend etc. It seems grossly unpopular for me to say that I don’t like flying Ryanair. I wasn’t aware of such fervent support that any dissension was unacceptable. Perhaps Russia is a perfect destination given their hatred of differing views.

It’s not a Hatred of different views at all, From comments here there are many people that don’t like Ryanair, and their much more vocal than others. I refer to it as “shit” because its simply not that lightly your gona cut off your arms n legs anytime soon.
Aerlingus (and I like traveling with them) are not a full service carrier. their pretty much a budget carrier. I haven’t experienced ignorance from Ryanair crew (no more than in any walk of life) . I’ve commuted with them , directly to Manchester and Lisbon. I simply don’t see how some peoples experiences leads them too complete hatred of a company. if the annoy you that much don’t fly with them, and don’t work yourself up reading stories about their expansion. Where you might get a reply that is contrary to your own view ..

Sure’ll they’ll fit right in here so.The Dail could be a home from home for them.

Russian cabin crew……yum.

Lets hope there’s a calendar

@Kingston, do you really think that everyone who flies here from Russia will be a gangster? Or does your ignorance extend to other countries too?

Great news for the Quinn’s. Cheap flights so they can beg the Russians for their money back.

Great news! Russia is a major economic power & a direct airlink (even Ryanair) can only be good for Ireland.

I understand where you come from but I think you (like most of the people in this country) have got it wrong.

Ok, someone on the dole gets circa €10k a year
Someone who works for a Multinational gets €50k a year (subsidised by the government, so basically getting paid by state in some way)
Someone who farms gets all their money from the Irish state or EU
Everyone in the civel services gets paid by the government
Everyone in the state owned banks gets paid by the government
Most solicitors and accountants now get paid by the government (through their work with the banks and NAMA.
All the ex. civil servant pensioners receiving insane amounts from a pension they never paid into.

To be honest, i’d rather someone from eastern europe to come here, get our dole and maybe one day contribute to the economy by setting up a business than to pay literally everyone else in this country tens of thousands when most of them would work for half the pay they get (example new teachers on 30% less than teachers hired two years ago).

No matter what anyone says, 90% of the people in this country receive most or all of their (very high ) salaries from the state, either directly or indirectly. Not many, (outside the small business sector) have much to give out about social welfare recipients who actually get the worst of the deal in this country.

Last I checked Gerry Russia wasn’t in the EU.

My wife and her family just happen to be one of these “migrants” and have gone further in their contribution to this country then most of those giving out on this page!!! They have never asked the government for money, nor have they received any money which they themselves didn’t earn!! They paid in excess of 15,000 per year for their education, which they earned themselves (the were 17 or so) with some help from their parents and are all now with an education above PhD level. They took FULL advantage of what was on offer in this country but had to pay for each and every step along the way. They (migrants) are damned hard workers and my wife is testament to this. She was only in the country 2 years and sat the leaving certificate exam and with 2 years experience speaking English, got an A2 higher level. They entered the country through a lengthy legal process and have earned every right to call themselves Irish, which they all are now! This crap about “economic migrants” who are going to come over here and take advantage is tiring at this stage. Can you tell me how many “migrants” have entered this country in the past 5 years and the percentage of those who immediately sponged off the state versus those who actually worked and earned their right to live here?

@Gerry, do you know anything about our emigration laws? The free movement of workers does not extend to Russia and there is very little chance of anyone from Russia gaining asylum here (unless they are the Pussy Riot).

In addition, there would be no right for any Russians to claim welfare benefits here…

If anything we have enough of our own scamming welfare without getting upset about anybody else!

@Tara, I don’t know where you learned your maths but you could do with some retraining.

You’ve essentially stated that everyone in the state is being subsided by the state and that there is zero wealth generation.

Your maths, and logic, fail to add up!

Oh look! Another dog ugly dude who managed to pull himself a foreign wife(probably the accent) sticking up for immigrants and regaling us with anecdotal stories about how great foreigners are whilst running down Irish people.

How original.

@Kevin, from the looks of it you may be traveling the world to find a wife yourself. I’m qualified to say you have the face of a bulldog and I’d make a guess from your contribution, a similar level of intelligence.

If you have nothing to actually add to this debate then go back to your chips and playstation!

Post under your real name and photo, Adonis!

I don’t need to as the points I raise are always related to the facts of the debate and not, until you made it so, on the look of the individual contributing.

Totally agree….

@ Kieran Crosbie…. must have set you back a few bob when the wife insisted the whole family come over with her… but sure love is a funny thing

Why are we always knocking our own!?! What’s wrong with this country? The guy has built one of the most successful commercial ventures on this Island and given hundreds employment in addition to provided cheap flights to people who want them.

More Michaels of this sort please!

People said the same thing about Quinn a few years back. It’s all a matter of time before it either collapses in on itself or grows into a giant manipulative monopoly…

Same attitude; ‘If he/she is Irish and successful then they have to be corrupt… If not we’ll look forward to the day they fail.’

Can we not show some support for those Irish people who have worked their asses off to make a success of their life and in doing, provided hundreds of jobs and contributed millions in taxes!

Bravo to them !!!

Gerry you must have worked for at least two full years here before you qualify for benefit.

No Gerry but to come direct from a non EU country like Russia you need a visa. Most people who come in illegally who are originally for outside the EU do so from routes within the EU. Also why would someone leave a prosperous emerging economy to come here?