In message
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07:04:27 on Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Neil Williams
remarked:

Which is the same reason most people won't travel by train.

Indeed. Ryanair, as with trains, can be fine.

I see people getting on and off Ryanair flights almost every week. They
don't seem especially distressed. Only flown them once myself (apart
from 20 years ago) and it was fine. If anything the Berlin Metro train
to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual airport from the
station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

Oddest thing for a frequent flyer is the way they use the airplane's own
stairs, not even the airport's stairs, to get onto the plane. That's
what you expect on the little Fokkers (tm), but not on a huge 737!

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message

In message
, at
07:04:27 on Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Neil Williams
remarked:

Which is the same reason most people won't travel by train.

Indeed. Ryanair, as with trains, can be fine.

I see people getting on and off Ryanair flights almost every week.
They don't seem especially distressed. Only flown them once myself
(apart from 20 years ago) and it was fine. If anything the Berlin
Metro train to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual
airport from the station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

Oddest thing for a frequent flyer is the way they use the airplane's
own stairs, not even the airport's stairs, to get onto the plane.
That's what you expect on the little Fokkers (tm), but not on a huge
737!

Presumably that save a bit of time and perhaps airport fees, too. It's
one reason why they like the 737, as it's low enough for this to be an
option (the A320 is quite a bit higher).

Roland Perry writes:
to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual airport from the
station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

It would have been shorter if you had just paid the fee!

-Miles

--
Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

In message , at 01:05:47 on Wed, 14 Oct
2009, Miles Bader remarked:
to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual airport from the
station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

It would have been shorter if you had just paid the fee!

What fee is that?
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry writes:
to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual airport from the
station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

It would have been shorter if you had just paid the fee!

What fee is that?

The "short walk" fee.

-miles

--
Infancy, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, 'Heaven
lies about us.' The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
07:04:27 on Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Neil Williams remarked:

Which is the same reason most people won't travel by train.

Indeed. Ryanair, as with trains, can be fine.

I see people getting on and off Ryanair flights almost every week. They
don't seem especially distressed. Only flown them once myself (apart
from 20 years ago) and it was fine. If anything the Berlin Metro train
to get to the airport, plus the long walk to the actual airport from the
station [1], was the worst aspect of the trip.

Oddest thing for a frequent flyer is the way they use the airplane's own
stairs, not even the airport's stairs, to get onto the plane. That's
what you expect on the little Fokkers (tm), but not on a huge 737!

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!
Is that a normal feature on most 737s, to have their own retractable stairs?

Roland Perry gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

If anything the Berlin Metro train to get to the airport, plus the long
walk to the actual airport from the station [1], was the worst aspect
of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

Considering Ryanair use Schonefeld, rather than Tegel like the "proper"
airlines - yes, it is...

In message , at 19:47:08 on Wed, 14
Oct 2009, Adrian remarked:
If anything the Berlin Metro train to get to the airport, plus the long
walk to the actual airport from the station [1], was the worst aspect
of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

Considering Ryanair use Schonefeld, rather than Tegel like the "proper"
airlines - yes, it is...

Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Tegel isn't even on the Metro
(you have to get a bus).
--
Roland Perry

"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Roland Perry gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

If anything the Berlin Metro train to get to the airport, plus the long
walk to the actual airport from the station [1], was the worst aspect
of the trip.

[1] Presumably that's Ryanair's fault too!!

Considering Ryanair use Schonefeld, rather than Tegel like the "proper"
airlines - yes, it is...

On the bright side you get an interesting train journey into Berlin. When I
went in 2007 the U-Bahn was not in use so I took and enjoyed my first ever
double-deck train. Admittedly I spent most of the way hoping the train was
going to Berlin and not out to Poland or Switzerland!

Geschlater?: a term I learned at OstbahnHof on the way home....

Schonefeld is a very modern terminal and quite simplistic in layout. Easier
to get there than most London airports.

Nick