Ryanair

©  2009  Rose George

Usually, my position on fee-paying toilets is that neither toilet facilities, nor attendants, nor the wastewater treatment system are free, so a little fee is not unreasonable. Also, in developing countries, a properly run community fee-paying toilet is a godsend and does a lot of income generation. But something is not quite right about Ryanair wanting to charge passengers to use its toilets. I’m trying to figure out what bothers me about this: the money-grabbing reputation of this airline? The contempt for the environment regularly expressed by its CEO? Its ridiculous and deliberately confusing baggage regulations? I would rather see them charge proper prices for tickets, not tinker around in the margins with daft ideas like charging for toilets.