JERRY WOLKOFF BLOG-IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON STEVEN NATHANIEL WOLKOFF, MY FATHER SAMUEL WOLKOFF, AND ALL THE OTHER VICTIMS OF INJUSTICE, EVIL IN THIS WORLD.THEY DIMINISH YOUR RIGHTS,THEN THEY DIMINISH YOUR EXISTENCE, THEN THEY LIE ABOUT IT, SAY YOU NEVER EXISTED, AND THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE FORGET THE SUFFERING THAT LASTS FOREVER, NEVER KNOWING THE TRUTH BY WHOSE HANDS, OR HOW YOU WERE KILLED.
In Keeping to my promise to honor the memory of murdered 8 year old Leiby Kletzky, I will continue to post on my Blog, all stories related to this tragedy until the case is closed.
Accused killer Levi Aron (left) and victim Leiby Kletzky (right)
An appeals court has decided that Levi Aron, accused of killing and chopping up a young Hasidic boy, will face trial in Brooklyn, where the boy went missing and was killed, and not in Suffolk County or the Bronx, where his lawyers say he might have had a fair shot.
"Current defense counsel’s attempts to correct inaccurate information and to redirect the public to seek justice through trial instead of vengeance have been ignored," Jennifer McCann, Aron’s lawyer, argued in court to no avail.
The Appellate Division ruled that the trial should stay in Brooklyn after the DA there pointed out that, among other reasons, "there are nearly 500,000 people eligible for jury duty in Brooklyn, and that there are far fewer Jews in Suffolk and Bronx Counties."
Finally, Congress has woken up and seen that huge shining light. You know the light that people describe that they see when having a near death experience.
Well this is is the real thing, watching our politicians working incredibly hard night and day, until their knuckles bleed from so much labor, it is the miracle of bi-partisan cooperation that we have all been praying for.
I am referring to the House of Representatives in the past week with all of the crucial issues before them such as creating jobs, budget deficits, bankrupt States, a rotting infrastructure, paralysis of our legislators to agree on any legislation, health care reform, they all passed a resolution, debated for 35 minutes that reaffirms "In God We Trust' as our motto" of the U.S.
Never you mind that this is the very same motto that has already been made official by Congress back in 1956, but it now needed to be rushed through in one day. Sounds like there is just too much time on the hands of Congress as they seem to feel there is nothing else to do with their time. FOOL ON THE HILL
OK, they say, now wait just a minute, it turns out there's a "swirling controversy about our nation's motto" that only Congress could resolve. To quote from a New York Times article last week, "Citing a crisis of national identity and mass confusion among Americans about their nation's motto, the House on Tuesday voted on a resolution 'reaffirming 'In god We Trust' as the official motto of the United States."
And you thought that it was the economy and nagging unemployment, foreclosures, taxes, that was at the top of people's agendas. Well, think again.
Americans were so confused by this motto crisis that the resolution had to be passed with an expedited fast track House process. Virginia Representative J. Randy Forbes, surprisingly a Republican, was the sponsor of the resolution, which passed last week on a narrow 396 to 9 vote.
"This is something I have paid a lot of attention to over the years," Mr. Forbes said, pointing out the validity of my contention that he has a lot of time on his hands. He's also been thinking a lot lately about why it is that stop and go lights are green and red and not, say, orange and yellow.
Virginians can feel proud that two of their "Party of No" guys are paying attention to the important details affecting their lives. Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, and another Virginia Republican, not to be outdone, said at the start of this session that he would avoid votes on matters that weren't "substantive and meaningful."
You know, like a $450 billion economic stimulus plan or a "meaningless" resolution that the Democratic-controlled Senate passed honoring the troops who tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden.
How can the House fiddle away its time fixing the economy or honoring heroes when it has these other higher, heavenly priorities to set straight?
The fact, that this self righteous fool, Rep. Cantor trusts in god is a joke. Remember, this is the guy who proposes to destroy programs for the elderly, disabled, poor, the most vulnerable, who also told those who suffered damage as a result of the tornado's and earthquakes this summer to suck it up.
This is also the guy who on September 11 insisted on 40% cuts to first responders. He's just doing gods work, another simple, viciously cruel, uncompassionate, humble servant, of the Lord.
President Obama intellectually, rationally lashed out at the House for wasting time and not dealing with creating more jobs by debating a shit load of critical issues. Poor putz, he just doesn't get it, craziness, cruelty, its all about protecting each persons "stuff', is the in thing.
Many Americans don't want real answers, they want someone to blame, anything, anyone, to focus their anger on. To the credit of the GOP, Tea Party, they have understood this and stoked the rage, provided plenty of phony, sometimes lunatic, always diversionary issues away from their own political history in creating this situation, by helping Americans vent their rage somewhere else, no matter that these are not even close to the actual reasons, solutions for the problems of our Country.
Representatives, by endorsing In god We Trust, were simply describing their preferred economic policy. We've tried just about everything: a little job stimulus, a little monetary stimulus and look at the economic figures! Trusting in god is all that's left.
It's especially appropriate to put it on the money because it perfectly expresses our monetary strategy. Print money and pray.
There is a downside of voting 396-9 to put our trust in god. And it's this: If unemployment STILL remains stuck, and we continue not to prosper, even after voting overwhelmingly for god, it could only mean (a) god isn't listening, (b) god hears us but doesn't like us anymore, (c) god is waiting to be nominated as the Presidential nominee, or (d) there is no god.
GOP nominees have come out with stronger suggestions that exceed the god motto if we are going to conquer the mess our Country is in they claim:
Sen. Rick Santorum said that the resolution didn't go far enough, and urged that it should read, "In a vengeful, Old Testament God we trust."
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is pitching, "Trust me! Trust me!"
Pizza Man Herman Cain suggested "9! 9! 9!", "America. We Deliver." and "You know she wanted it!"
Gov. Rick Perry is pushing for "The Spirit of 1647!"
Rep. Michelle Bachman would like the motto to read, "If You Have Sex You Will Die!"
Rep. Ron Paul missed the vote, but says that hewould have voted "no" had he been there, because states should be allowed to come up with their own mottos, like "Let 'em Die!"
Newt Gingrich, impresses himself by mumbling, "In a Pluralistic Society, But Also Conscious Of Our Judeo-Christian Influences, We Trust In a Government That Can Deliver Both Tax Cuts and A High Standard Of Living By Competing in the Global Market Place."
And, finally, Gov. Jon Huntsman made a suggestion that wasn't crazy," god help us all', but nobody cared what he said.
If you believe in god, the truth is NOT EVEN GOD CARED.
Real mean spirited words, especially compared to the promiscuous behavior of politicians actions as whores of greed from ALL political parties, who are owned by Corporations, the rich, and do the bidding of their pimp masters, whose only purpose is to become wealthier, at the expense of the rest of society.
Yes, the financial crisis facing America is about spending a lot more money than we are taking in. No the answers are not to destroy what is left of the American taxpayer, or simply fix the problems by destroying what is remaining of our country.
IMAGINE if it were said in the same breath, with similar passion, to address honest changes in reforming the unethical, corrupt, unjust, bureaucratic, wasteful government, incompetent Corporate decisions, inept management, criminal acts of businesses whose behavior has created the largest sucking machine of taxpayer funds, where we have subsidized CORPORATE WELFARE HANDOUT'S IN THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 24 TRILLION DOLLARS SINCE 2007 BY THE BUSH AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONS as rewards for this mismanagement of biblical proportions. IMAGINE
LET"S GET A FEW THINGS STRAIGHT.. Starting With:
1. As a career politician, Simpson has been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS. His colleagues also on the public dole, more of less being handed out public money for doing nothing much of anything.
2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 50 YEARS (since I was 13 years old.)
3. My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until the political sleazeballs decided to raid the account as your personal piggy bank over decades, and give OUR money to a bunch of Government bull shit projects, politically connected business friends, donors to their campaigns, perks for themselves, in return for votes, thus THEY, not us, not the Social Security System, caused its current Financial problems.
Not anymore. This year, for the first time since the 1980s, when Congress last overhauled Social Security, the retirement program is projected to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes — nearly $29 billion more.
Sounds like a good time to start cashing in those IOU's. Too bad the Federal government already spent that money over the years on other non Social Security programs, preferring to borrow from Social Security. In return, the Treasury Department issued a stack of IOU'S in the form of Treasury Bonds. These IOU's are now worthless and the Government would default on them if they were redeemed. Aren't, we the people TOO BIG TO LET FAIL, just like the Financial Industry didn't pay a dime to stop their going bankrupt for the same reasons.
4. Politicians and their evil partners pulled the football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67. NOW, this shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN.
5. Millions of other Americans, including myself have been paying into Medicare from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game. Why? Because you fools mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.
6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you incompetent bastards spent our money like dope addicts on crack, that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt. But at the same time you refuse to raise taxes on the obscenely rich 1% because somehow in your fantasy world "they create jobs"
To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling you out on the "bullshit" on your incompetence. Well, I gave the facts, so let's get some real answers, not the manure being shoveled back at us.
I have a few questions for All Politicians, including Obama, and those citizens that are sheep, so willingly ready to sacrifice the rest of us in the name of no new taxes on the rich, placing the blame on the poor, vulnerable, elderly, unemployed, and the working class.
1. How much money have Politicians earned from the American taxpayers during your blood sucking political careers?
2. At what age did you retire from your political career, and how much are you receiving in annual TAX FREE retirement benefits from the American taxpayers? Bet you didn't know that most Americans who are lucky enough to even have Pensions, are taxed for it when they retire as taxable annual income. Not so, for Congress, they made sure that not only are their pension retirement total amounts factored at unusually high rates, but are also annual tax free income. Is that because, once again, politicians are in some way "better" than you and I, more worthy? They seem to think so.
3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?
4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and YOUR health care benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?
As if that isn't bad enough, the Corporate greedy pigs with their lying politicians in bed with them, and the moronic citizen sheep who want to hate instead of unite against the real enemy, have decided to blame this catastrophic mess as being caused by the essential programs that are in place to support our citizens, and in killing these essential programs, many which are entitlement services we have personally paid for all of our working lives with our own money, are somehow magically being blamed as causing this crisis.
It is you, the bull shitters, the liars, the hate mongers, the ones who seek to polarize, deflect the American public away from the truth over issues that are explained by blatant distortions, and distract from your political co-conspirators called Congress who are the "greedy" ones.
It is you and your fellow evil doers, cowards, who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what? Votes. That's right. You all have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your phony, piece of shit, self serving, ego maniac, financially rewarding political careers.
You know it, we know it, and you know that we know it.
It's a matter of how much guts, how much do we feel of "WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND WON"T TAKE THIS ANYMORE".
We need to vote all of you miserable sons/daughters of bitches out of OFFICE and start over again. Imagine if that actually happened.
There are certain stories that speak for themselves, this one says it all.
Naturally the EVIL, greedy bastards at Bank of UNamerica (BOA) are once again the ones who are doing this. This Company simply has a Corporate culture that is so consistently cruel, incompetent, and out of control, that they should be near the top of your shit list. It appears they are unable to keep themselves out of the daily media, with new stories that exceed their prior deeds in showing their total inept, dysfunctional deeds.
There is literally no limit to how dumb this Bank can be and begs the question why anyone with a choice, would continue banking with them and not move your business away from these vultures of prey.
Soon we will be hearing the usual mantra from public relations at BOA that it was a "misunderstanding, or they decided to reconsider, or whatever the bull shit of the day is. Makes me wonder about all their "misunderstandings" that never make the media , are never corrected, where BOA destroys people's lives, makes them homeless, and
earns huge profits of "blood money".
Remember this house is non existent AND the homeowner has been making regular mortgage payments on it. Watch the video it will explain it all to you, except for the clueless morons at BOA who long ago lost any sense of their being human, rational, and are even unable to fake acting like a real business.
Even those that continue to make payments on a house that no longer exists aren't immune to foreclosure.
Brad Gana, of Seabrook, Texas is being threatened with foreclosure over a home that hasn't existed since it was destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008, local Houston 2 News reports. Furthermore, after the hurricane, which cost the Texas shoreline an estimated $11 billion in damages, reduced the property to an empty slab of concrete, Gana alleges he continued to make payments.
When Gana hired a Lawyer to fight BOA, his Lawyer obtained a Court order signed by a Judge forcing BOA to stop their foreclosure against him. What did BOA do in response to that Court order, they ignored it, and then removed all of his posessions that he had stored on his property, in other words they stole everything he owned from him.
The consequent backlash, led in part by the Occupy Wall Street movement, has been so widespread that the bank is among those reconsidering its position on the idea, CNN Money reports.
As for Gana, he says he can't understand why a bank would take out a homeowner's policy on a house that's no longer there, then threaten the homeowner with foreclosure.
"I was shocked when they said they were foreclosing on it," he told Houston 2 News. "Bank of America is ruthless in their incompetency."
We all like to save money, get an item discounted, or a service for a cheaper price, it's a good feeling. The thing with bargain prices is that sometimes you get what you pay for, shit in exchange.
Other times you start out with what is known as a "low ball" incredibly inexpensive price, but after they add on at the last minute everything that normally comes included by others, the final price you pay is significantly more than the most expensive original price you were trying to avoid.
Almost every one that has used air travel has a story to tell about their flight, some so bizarre, that it sounds like a lie. I have used my customary fact check procedures and then double checked today's post as being true facts. Besides, you just can't make this stuff up anyway as these things defy the most fertile imagination.
In addition to terrible customer service, airlines have earned the reputation for being enormous tightwads, each year finds a new once free amenity to bleed customers of their dollars. Want to use a thin useless blanket? That’s $7. Want to eat a soggy turkey sandwich with a side of rubbery string cheese, $12, please. Last June Delta earned criticism for charging soldiers returning from Afghanistan $2,800 in excess baggage fees.
One thing I have noticed in my air travels, is that a lot of passengers on a typical airplane go to the bath room regardless of it being a short, medium, long hour flight. As a people watcher I take notice of these important statistics, and there is just something about being on an airplane, that seems to make people need to go to the toilet.
I mean there are often lines at the 3 bathrooms on a plane, and half of these people are repeat users, even though I am sure they used the rest room facilities at the airport prior to boarding. Even the pilots and crew use the bathrooms multiple times to my surprise, since I would think they have "trained" bladders as part of the skills taught to them. No big deal, when you got to go , you got to go, we are all human and in the scheme of things that is why there are toilets on airplanes, until now.
Forget about coughing up the extra euro for that overpriced can of soda on Ryanair, you're going to need the bladder space. In October 2011, Ryanair expressed its intolerance for people with bladders.The budget airline announced that it would remove two or three toilets from its aircraft to make room for these six extra seats. Up to 200 passengers and six crew would share a bathroom during the flight. Currently, there is no legal stipulation for an airline to provide toilets on its aircraft, but Ryanair has not announced a date to implement their plan.
Michael O’Leary, chief executive of the European budget airline Ryanair, is a true piece of Corporate work, a pompous, greedy, egomaniac, uncaring type, who caters to peoples willingness to be treated like shit, to save a dollar.
He was discussing his new scheme to charge passengers to go to the bathroom. O'Leary said, "We very rarely use all three toilets on board our aircraft anyway." But apparently he is doing us all a favor the way he sees it. The move "would fundamentally lower air fares by about 5 percent for all passengers, cutting £2 (US$3) from a typical £40 (US$63) ticket." I wonder if the cost of toilet paper is included in the fee, or is it extra? What a steal, now that's a bargain.
Most passengers, the “discretionary toilet visitors,” as he calls them would eventually forgo in-flight bathroom use altogether, he predicted. What if the plane were stricken by some nasty, effluent illness, like food poisoning? A snorting noise wafted over from the chair where Mr. O’Leary was sitting. “We don’t serve enough food for everybody to get food poisoning,” he said.
The mystery is why so many people are willing to put up with an airline that, in the words of The Economist Magazine, “has become a byword for appalling customer service, misleading advertising claims and jeering rudeness towards anyone or anything that gets in its way.”
“Nobody helps you — it’s as simple as that,” said Malcolm Ginsberg, editor in chief of the travel newsletter aerbt.co.uk, describing what happens to Ryanair passengers who need assistance.
That is not the point, this twit, O’Leary said in a recent interview. “Our customer service is unlike every other airline, which has this image of, ‘We want to fall down at your feet and you can walk all over us and the customer is always right,’ and all that nonsense.”
“Will we give you a refund on a non refundable ticket because your granny died unexpectedly?” he asked. “No! Go away. We’re not interested in your sob stories! What part of ‘no refund’ do you not understand?”
Miss your flight because you had to wait too long at a Ryanair help desk? Too bad! Your luggage is slightly overweight? Throw away the excess, or wear it on the flight! Try to tote your duty-free purchases onto the plane in a shopping bag, when you already have a carry-on bag? Prepare to fork over $40 at the gate.
“But if you want anything more — go away! Will we put you in a hotel room if your flight was canceled?” Mr. O’Leary asked rhetorically. “No! Go away.”
By contrast, Mr. O’Leary continued, Ryanair promises four things: low fares, a good on-time record, few cancellations and few lost bags. However, his company refuses to be a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which is normally responsible for recording punctuality. We only have Ryanair's word on their punctuality, so if he says so, then it must be true, you can trust him I am sure he wouldn't lie.
Ryainair's fleet is solely comprised of Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ryanair operates 300 Boeing 737-800 aircraft on over 1,100 routes including more than two dozen in Ireland and the UK; overall, it serves more than 25 countries throughout Europe, plus Morocco.
Comparing September 2011 with September 2010, Ryanair reported a 6 percent hike in passenger numbers, from 6.84 million to 7.25 million. Through September 2011, the airline carried 76.8 million passengers, reported the airline.
The airline's website also claims that in 2010, profits rose 26 percent to more than €401m (US$551m) despite higher fuel prices, the global recession, and volcanic ash disruptions in the spring. Despite wanting to strip their passengers of basic comforts like toilets and seat pockets, Ryanair is doing good business.
How could that be? Is it really worth a couple of dollars to be treated like shit and told that you as a customer are a meaningless inconvenience to Ryanair? Apparently so, where is the dignity and self worth that each of us should expect for ourselves from those we do business with, self pride flushed down the toilet for a buck.
Some of Ryanair's other true but hard to believe incidents, more than enough to make you think whether it's worth saving a few dollars in flying an airline that would use rubber bands if it could, instead of jet engines to save on gasoline.
Wait, that is not all. This is just the wing tip of the Ryanair "experience", so I picked a few mild examples of the other things you might get lucky and enjoy for your money if you are dumb enough to fly their airline.
A Ryanair flight took off on the evening of September 29 with around 200 passengers from London’s Stansted airport to Riga, Latvia but had to turn around 20 minutes into the flight “after duct tape on a cockpit window came loose and started making "alarming noises".The tape was fastened around the edges of a windscreen in the cockpit, which had been put on by ground crew before take off, the Telegraph reports.
Anthony Neal, a passenger from Kent, told The Sun: ‘We were kept in the dark, and were terrified. I could see guys taping in the windscreen with what looked like duct tape or gaffer tape. We were in the sky, then the pilot said due to damage on the windscreen, we were going to have to turn back.’”
A spokesman from Ryanair insists that the airline was operating within safety standards, and the Irish Aviation Authority told the Daily Mail, “All the maintenance was carried out in line with the correct procedures. The pilot took the correct action by returning to base.” That really answers the question of the the duct tape being there in the first place, very smooth spin from the Public Relations Dept. on that, but I guess they have a lot of practice in making up fantasy answers to real problems.
A replacement plane was found after two hours and I bet you all the passengers got on it, although I know I wouldn't have. Where did they "find" this replacement plane, in a junk yard, or the local "rent a wreck" dealer, perhaps it was having its jet engines taken apart for its 25 year maintenance check
Many of airlines’ decisions are made to keep costs low and seats cheap. That said, using duct tape on a windshield in full view of passengers was guaranteed to have a psychological impact on those unlucky enough to see the repair. While duct tape has amazing legendary uses, I don't want to see it holding a piece of an airplane together that I am flying on, there is simply not enough Valium on earth to get me through a flight after seeing something like that.
Jonsson, 63, broke into a cold sweat and asked his wife for some water roughly one hour into the flight, The Local reports.
His wife soon realized that Jonsson had lost consciousness and alerted plane staff as Jonsson's stepdaughter, Billie Appleton, tried to rouse him. "He didn't respond when I tried to shake him. Appleton who is a nurse, slapped Jonsson on the chest to get him to breath again, news.com.au reports. Appleton said she shouted for a doctor and told the flight crew that Jonsson needed oxygen.
But the flight crew, Appleton claims, was ill-equipped to handle the situation. Instead, no oxygen, no first aid, no kidding. She says, the airline staff "said he had low blood pressure and gave him a sandwich and a soda." EU regulations mandate that cabin crew be trained in first-aid and pilots should alert air traffic control about a seriously ill passenger.
In a statement Ryanair of course defended the cabin crew, saying they had acted appropriately. Sure they did, keep saying that 100 times, practice makes perfect lying.
Their statement continued that "in line with procedures for such cases the Ryanair cabin crew suggested a diversion to the nearest airport or to have an ambulance on stand-by on arrival at Skavsta, so that the passenger could receive medical treatment," the spokesman said. Yet the Jonsson family says the airline did not, in fact, have an ambulance waiting and instead they had to arrange to drive Jonsson to the hospital themselves.
Remember, this man just had a heart attack and his family has to drive him to the hospital because no ambulance was called by the airline to treat him and transport him.
By the way, of course, naturally, once Jonsson had recovered slightly, the flight crew came to the family asking for payment for the sandwich and soda.
You have to have your priorities in order at Ryanair, a Corporation that flaunts its true feelings about the rest of us mere peons, money for some slop food no response to providing oxygen, no ambulance, no first aid for saving a human beings life who just had a heart attack.
Then there is Ryanair passenger Henrik Ulven who dared to ask for something else to eat on a flight and was escorted off the plane upon landing.
All Ulven wanted was a "fresh made premium sandwich" that the airline claims they serve. Instead, he got what he claimed was inedible and "tasted like rubber." He asked the flight attendant for something else to eat; the flight attendant told him, basically, to eat what he's given. Ulven thought she was kidding and kept complaining.
Wrong he was on that one: upon landing at Norway's Rygge airport, local police boarded the plane and escorted him off. According to the police, he had given the cabin crew "a mouthful."
Then there is the famous MUTINY ON RYANAIR not to be confused with the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty". Spain's government says police removed more than 100 passengers from a plane preparing to leave the Canary Islands after a large scuffle broke out on board. La Provincia, a Spanish newspaper, said the disruption happened when low-cost Ryanair tried to charge one passenger extra for carry-on baggage and his friends aboard the plane "mutinied."An Interior Ministry spokesman said the pilot was preparing for takeoff at Guacimeta airport on the Lanzarote island resort for Charleroi, Belgium, when she radioed for police assistance.
He said that, of the 168 passengers, only 64 were allowed to re-board Saturday's flight. The rest had to find other carriers and some spent the night on Lanzarote. Ryanair confirmed the passengers "became disruptive and refused to comply with crew instructions" after a requirement to pay a gate bag fee "for outsized luggage."
Not a joke, they are serious, you want to fly standing room only, bargain price, sounds real comfortable doesn't it, and of course safe. Chief executive Michael O'Leary has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing (see prototype above) an aircraft with standing room. Should the idea get the go-ahead from the Irish Aviation Authority, the airline plans to either order new jets or refurbish its existing fleet.
Ryanair estimates it would be able to pack in 30 per cent more passengers while slashing costs by 20 per cent. Spokesman Stephen McNamara said: 'It would be vertical seating more akin to a stool and the person would still be strapped in.
If and when you take off and land, they have one last surprise in store for you bargain hunters. The airline last month announced plans to make passengers carry all their own luggage up to the planes. Ryanair customers will carry all their bags and suitcases through security departure lounges rather than checking them in. They can carry aboard one piece of hand luggage, but leave any other baggage beside the aircraft to be loaded into the hold. They then pick it up the same way on arrival.
Next they will charge you to breathe the oxygen in the plane and anyone who weighs over 4 pounds, has to pay a weight surcharge fee, there could be fees for exiting the airplane door, entering the door, having a door, having pilots to fly the plane instead of instrument flying. OMG, the possibilities are endless.
All this leaves me with the creeps about the exhaustive, incredible outer limits that the human mind can create both as a business and the fools that will be suckers enough to buy anything, sort of the ones who respond to the latest email that they won the Nigerian National Lottery, and willingly send back their bank account information, with their online log in data so their winnings can be properly deposited.
By the way, do you think Ryanair ever checks the oil which they probably haven't changed in 5 years, or even does the minimum required maintenance of the moving parts of their airplanes?
They even strip down the insides of their airplane cabins so there are no magazines, nothing that will add weight to the plane, so they can save on gasoline. I mean do you actually believe they fill the gas tank to full when their planes fly? I don't get the feeling that they do.
I can hear them now, before takeoff, "put $5 worth of gas in the fuel tanks, there is a good wind today for gliding".
I recently spoke to someone very close to me who flew Ryanair and described it as a "bizarre experience", and that was before they even got on the airplane. With little surprise, there really is no organized check in system. You are commanded, herded by Ryanair Staff who appear to be former disgruntled prison guards, to stand for an hour in a complex array of unknown, unmoving lines, going to nowhere, while not being told anything. At some point an unknown higher authority approves these lines to move.
Your carry on bag is then weighed on a special scale before you can board the airplane. The hand baggage allowance on Ryanair flights is only 55cm x 40cm x 20cm (21.6" x 15.7" x 7.8"). This despite the IATA (International Air Transport Association) larger standard hand baggage allowance is 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (22" x 17.7" x 9.8").
But even worse, as these pictures show, is that when your hand baggage does fit in the metal frame, sometimes the airport staff still charge you for having oversized hand luggage. As you can see in the picture on the left, this man put his baggage in the frame and it fit. And then, in the picture on the right, you see him waiting to pay for "oversized luggage".
Why? It's part of the pay and pay add on fees of this budget airline company. His bag is made of a soft material and sags when stood upright. He had to squeeze the bag for it to fit, which was deemed unacceptable. But the bag is clearly of the correct size and has not been overfilled.
But at least this gentleman was allowed to board. Other passengers have not been so lucky. There are many interesting, actually very strange reasons that Ryanair uses to deny passengers for the privilege of flying on their airplane. They get more fees for booking another flight, by the way they charge each person an individual, extra credit card fee, per flight.
If you are from outside the EU, you must have your boarding pass stamped by a member of staff at the information desk. If you proceed directly to the gate without this, you will be denied boarding.
Oversized Luggage
Ryanair has a strict baggage policy, with hand luggage dimensions as has been previously explained. At many airports you are not allowed to carry any "duty-free", unless it fits in your hand luggage. Normally you will be able to pay a fine to carry these items on, but if their credit card machine is broken and you have no cash, then you will be denied boarding.
Slight Damage to Passport
If there is a slight tear on the passport page. The passport is perfectly legal, but the airline can deny boarding at its own discretion.
Traveling with Local Form of ID not Recognized by the Airline
Ryanair doesn't believe in following local laws, only Irish law. Therefore if you have a form of ID legal in your country, if Ireland doesn't recognize it, you will be denied boarding.
Passengers Traveling with a Driving License on Internal UK Flights
For internal flights in most of the EU and for flights between Schengen countries, a national ID card is sufficient identification. But a problem arises for UK passengers on internal UK flights. The UK does not have ID cards. Many airlines accept photographic driving licenses. Ryanair does not.
Deaf or Blind Passengers, Traveling Alone and Who Haven't Advised Ryanair.This is actually an improvement on Ryanair policy: before, they only allowed four blind passengers in total, regardless of whether they were accompanied or not.
The Fifth Sole Traveling Passenger Requiring Assistance, Even if you have advised the airline, if there are four or more passengers who require assistance, only the first four will be allowed to board.
Traveling with a Guide Dog on Certain Routes
With a Leg in a Cast
Passengers with their leg in a cast must purchase three seats or they will be denied boarding.
You got your cheap flight because someone else was caught by one of their many little 'ways' when they got to the airport. Your cheap flights are being subsidized by other people's mistakes. And next time, it could be you that makes that mistake.
I have never flown Ryanair, I never will. I wouldn't fly them for free, or even if they paid me money to experience their unique ways of caring for customers,especially one you trust with your life.
No way you will ever see me flying with these fine, lovely folks. I do wonder what they will do when the first passenger refuses to use their pay toilet, or no toilet, and pees into a cup they have brought with them. Now that should be quite a scene to be there during that moment in history. Stay tuned.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY DEFENDS STATEMENT THAT LEVI ARON WAS PRESSURED TO CONFESS KILLING 8 YEAR OLD LEIBY KLETZKY.
October 25, 2011-New York, NY - The attorneys defending accused killer Levy Aron say he was pressured to produce a written statement to police confessing to the crime.
Aron allegedly dismembered Leiby Kletzky, 8, in July. His attorneys say he is not guilty by reason of insanity.
"This is a very simple case. He is either evil or insane. We intend to prove he is not guilty by reason of insanity. It's pretty straightforward," said Howard Greenberg.
"We maintain that it was police over-reaching. He has a simple mind. There are terms (in the statement) that he doesn't seem likely (to use,) said Jennifer McCann.
