Ryanair Criticises Eco-Loony at its AGM

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18.09.08

Ryanair Criticises Eco-Loony at its AGM and Asks for a Semi-Naked Girl Next Year

Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary commenting after today’s AGM which was briefly disrupted by a semi-naked man making false claims about climate change. When asked to explain how taxing air travel would help the environment, all he could mumble was the opinion that people should “fly less”.

These semi-naked protestors’ claim that Ryanair carries “12m or so passengers around Europe” is untrue, since Ryanair carries five times that number or almost 60m passengers.

Michael O’Leary said:

“I hope next year instead of a semi-naked bloke, they’ll send a semi-naked girl to the AGM. She would probably make as little sense as this guy this morning, but at least she’d be more attractive.

“Clearly maths wasn’t this guy’s strongest suit, given that Ryanair carries 60 million passengers, not the 12 million he claimed. Perhaps they should call themselves the “plain stupid” instead of the “plane mad” group. Some of these eco-nuts (who advocate even more tax on air travel) are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

“We are sending him one of our 5 million €5 tickets which he can avail of to travel from his home in Clare on one of Ryanair’s routes from Shannon. Since clearly, after one of the wettest Irish Summers on record, he needs a little break. It might help his mood, as well as his maths in time for next year’s AGM.

“We are also sending him a copy of the European Union’s Environmental Agency report which confirms that air transport accounts for less than 2% of Europe’s CO2 emissions and is neither the cause of, nor the solution to, global warming. I hope in return he’ll send me some of what he’s been smoking on the Costa del Clare”.