Published: 8 May 12 16:59 CET | Print version
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An air hostess fell out of an aircraft exit at the Gothenburg City Airport on Tuesday and was brought to hospital, bleeding from the head.
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Normal service for Ryanair isn't it. And this is the bunch whose boss wanted standing-room only flights!!!!
THIS IS BEST DESCRIPTION OF RYANAIR. I WILL NOT HAVE EXPECTED LESS THAN UNPROFESSIONAL. FROM THEM.
That should be "taken to hospital".
More Swenglish from the Local.
Last month, an Onur Air captain fell out the door of his plane in Amman. He died.
tacky sensationalist journalism
Hope you don't mean the poor flight attendant deserved to fall out of the plane just because she works for Ryanair.
By that logic, karma dictates that something bad should happen to you if your employer ever does something bad to you...
;->
Well said and I am swirish and I got it as well. So tired of "commentators" here, complaining about the poor level of written English on the Local.
Regardless of how poor it can be, the local is a good source of Swedish news in English, for all the lazy expats (myself included) who do not read or have bothered to learn Swedish. So stop complaining and just enjoy the fact that you can read Swedish news in English.
You should learn correct English grammar before You criticize others.
it´s always easy to criticize the crew when u have no idea what this job is about. Especially Ryanair pax have distorted image about flying. Like if they didn´t know that RYR flights start boarding 30 mins before departure. In 25 mins the crew is able to disembark 180 and board another 180 to get them to their destination on time. Of course the crew is not gonna be walking up and down the aisle like on a catwalk. And some people just need a little encouragement to get them to their seats as usually mistake sequence number for seat number, can´t decide if there is a better view from row 21 or row 22 (35inch difference) or they come on board the last and expect the crew will be awaiting them with three seats together in the front row or something. So yes,boarding is quick,because time is money and it´s for the people´s good anyway if they wanna be ontime and cheap ticket. Usually it´s the passengers who are rude to the crew when they are instructed to put their bags under the seat,then they stand in the middle of the aisle blocking the way for the crew to offload the excess luggage to the hold etc etc.. . not to mention shouting vulgarisms and commenting how they will never fly again with this F... company. So there u go, nobody can appreciate the crews hard work and then when accident like this happen media try to make some huge sensation out of it without paying any respect to the girl. They should never remove the steps completely, they can pull back a bit, if the handrails are still in the way,but what happened seems to be a ground staff fault and strong wind that probably pulled the door open again.
As for Stonebridge - #16 dibble is quite right!
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to,
To-may-to, to-mah-to.
It is what it is.