Ryanair under the spotlight
Ryanair may be heading for a fresh spot of turbulence, this time courtesy of Channel 4's Dispatches. The airline, which expects to carry 37 million passengers this year, has had its fair share of negative publicity lately, on foot of a bitter battle with its pilots, and incidents involving some of its aircraft. Now Dispatches has gone behind the scenes at Europe's biggest low-cost airline to see what life is really like for passengers and their crew and says its findings aren't pretty. Two of its reporters have spent five months posing as Ryanair crew, undergoing the airline's training programme and working on flights. They have secretly filmed their experiences and claim this might make you think twice about flying with the Irish airline again. It says it has uncovered security issues and dirty aircraft, and unmasks Ryanair's attitude to passengers. Dispatches, Channel 4, Monday at 8pm.