Ryanair head wants to add porn to in-flight entertainment options

[brooklynite]

from the https://news.google.com/news/more?q=ryanair&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&prmd=imvnsu&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1920&bih=855&wrapid=tlif132086282537010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dIW_nV74stzvPLM6eTKfG3WFgBYTM&ei=asS6TqSBA6f20gGzhfneCQ&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQqgIwAA">New York Daily News:

The head of Ryanair wants to add some X-rated options to in-flight entertainment.

Michael O'Leary told British tabloid the Sun that he hopes to offer a pay-per-view porn service similar to those offered in hotel rooms through a new Ryanair app on smartphones.

He promised the racy app would be discrete, but he did not address if there would be guidelines for passengers sitting near children - or any passenger, for that matter, creeped out by a seatmate watching porn.

"I'm not talking about having it on screens on the back of seats for everyone to see," he told the paper. "It would be on handheld devices."

Guessing the Pope won't be flying anytime soon...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. "Handheld devices"?

Not gonna go there.... :evilgrin:

[joeybee12]

2. And you gotta ask...will they be cleaning these handheld devices after each flight?

:scared:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I think people should be responsible for cleaning their own

handheld devices.

[NightWatcher]

3. you think not having elbow room was bad

excuse me stewardess, this guy wont let me recline my seat to get my swerve on

[liberal N proud]

23. OH - Now I have that visual in my head

And those blankets, ewe!

[seabeyond]

4. cause i really want to sit next to a man that watches gang rape for entertainment.

really? our guys cannot go a couple ours without their porn. it must infest every area of our lives?

ask the steward for all to hear... may i have my porn now.

[TheWraith]

7. Well, that's not at all an exaggerated opinion.

Because as we all know, 1) all adult material is "gang rape," and 2) all men are addicted to constantly watching said "gang rape." :eyes:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. In any event, I don't want to be crammed into a 17" wide seat

next to somebody who's watching porn on his handheld device, whether or not it's "friendly" porn. People who want to watch porn of any sort and experience its side effects are welcome to do that at home and in private, not next to me on an airplane. Ick.

[TheWraith]

28. Agreed. But I get tired of the exaggerated moralizing that comes out every time porn comes up.

Fine, you don't have to like it. I don't like smoking. I also don't think that that's a license for me to depict smokers as psychopaths the way some people depict anyone who watches adult material.

[seabeyond]

31. and you demand not to sit next to a smoker. you made her point. nt

[seabeyond]

21. lol, lecture on exaggeration. what a hoot. all men? point out where i said that

all material gang rape? do tell me where i said that.

is gang rape popular porn? ya.

seems like my post was far more reasonable than your rebuttal. fact is, i dont want to sit next to anyone knowing they are watching any kind of porn.

[TheWraith]

27. It's right there in your post.

"our guys cannot go a couple ours without their porn."

Not "some guys," not "a few guys," you're pretty much stating that it's all American men.

And yes, you deliberately conflated any adult content with "gang rape," and continue to do so asserting that gang rape pornography is "popular."

[seabeyond]

30. you know what... dont have to put SOME every damn time. doesnt mean all regardless

how much you want to accuse me of such. i am one of the few on here that says not ALL men do porn and then i am told by you MEN that if a man says he doesnt do porn.... he is fuckin lyin. so figure out your story, firstly. and i can make the statement gang rape porn if i want. who the fuck cares. unless you have issue with people watching gang porn and are swooning or some such tripe.

so, picture your happy ass as a female next to some pig getting off watching gang rape of some fuckin girl and tell me how warm and cozy you feel about that.

[NeedleCast]

25. Probably There's A Difference Between Playboy and Gang Rape Porn

But, you knew that.

And...women don't watch porn? Why single out one gender?

[seabeyond]

26. damn you guys are touchy about how a person is allowed to talk about your porn. nt

[TheWraith]

29. You seem to have nothing to argue upon except insults and generalizations.

The reality is that you have no grounds for assuming that someone who objects to puritanism is some kind of porn-loving pervert, save that that seems to be what you want to believe.

[seabeyond]

32. you arguing the porn lovers are just about objecting to puritanism.... lmfao

havent heard that one yet. hey.... pull the other finger

[Historic NY]

5. Its to make you forget they want to do away with the bathrooms.

http://www.newsytype.com/12710-ryanair-cuts-bathrooms/

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. Former ESPN Executive Denies Masturbating In Front Of Erin Andrews

http://whatsgoodington.com/2011/11/03/former-espn-executive-denies-masturbating-in-front-of-erin-andrews/

Porn in flight. Nothing can go wrong with this idea.

[brooklynite]

9. I think I have the solution (yes this really exists)

TV Hat For iPhone Is The Future of Movie Watching Humiliation

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The newest contender to the designer walk of shame is called TV Hat. Simply slide your iPhone into the rear pouch of this brilliantly crafted ass hat for nerds and the attached 2.5x magnification screen will deliver a virtual movie theater experience that those around you will never forget.

http://www.iphonesavior.com/2010/04/tv-hat-for-iphone-is-the-future-of-movie-watching-humiliation.html

[HappyMe]

15. ........

:rofl:

[beac]

18. "brilliantly crafted ass hat for nerds"

:rofl:

[Celefin]

10. What about business class?

Hookers?

Anyway, this idea makes perfect sense. If it gets the hammered stag party people to shut up instead of annoying the hell out of the rest of the plane, I'm all for it!
I'm totally happy for them to contribute to my lower ticket price :b

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Ryanair doesn't have business class.

It's strictly one-class cattle-car transportation, makes Southwest look luxurious. They are even considering getting rid of, or making passengers pay, for, bathrooms.

Which makes the side effects of porn watching even more problematic.

[HappyMe]

12. What the hell?

I don't think this is gonna happen.

At first I thought this was from the Onion.

[brooklynite]

16. You don't know Michael O'Leary...

...anything he can do to make another buck on his airline is fair game.

[HappyMe]

19. He's really not thinking this through.

Any bux he makes will be quickly spent on lawyers and settlements for people who claim they are scarred for life.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. And anything he can do to get his airline's name in the papers is fair game, more pertinently

O'Leary is infamous for publicity stunts to get free space in papers and on TV.

A better stunt: Ryanair offers Berlusconi one-way ticket

As the NY Daily News piece says:

Despite his recent success, O'Leary's been known to make strange proposals in attempts to boost profits. Last month he said he wanted to remove all but one toilet from the planes to fit in extra seats, the Daily Mail reported.

Except that shouldn't be 'Despite'; it should be 'To achieve'. The Guardian slightly more realistic reporting:

First it was charging for online check-in, then it was the threat of charging £1 for spending a penny, now Ryanair's Michael O'Leary is at it again – causing headlines, that is. He is planning to screen porn on flights, reports the Sun. Yup. But it's complicated. The real story is he is planning to launch a Ryanair app for tablets that will then be hired out, no doubt, at vast expense to bored passengers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/nov/08/ryanair-sky-high-app

Notice that's under the 'Media' section, not 'Travel'. Gizmodo knows O'Leary is desperate for headlines:

Ryanair’s plans are much wider then the headline-grabbing porn angle. The planned entertainment app would work on iPad and other “smartphones”, offering personal access to the usual array of in-flight movies and TV shows, plus games and all the usual flight information.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2011/11/ryanair-planning-in-flight-smartphone-entertainment-app-complete-with-porn-channel/

See a post for another stunt last year: key phrase "Ryanair's pattern of making outrageous announcements that the company's critics say are nothing more than publicity stunts"/

[dembotoz]

14. so it seems that video is either shown on a huge flat screen or a tiny little iphone size postage

stamp.

porn should be shown on a computer screen as god intended.

[Xithras]

17. Last I checked, the primary point of porn was to act as a masturbation aid.

I have no problem with porn or masturbation, but on a plane? With another passenger sitting three inches away from you?

If Ryanair doesn't intend to allow masturbation on their aircraft, who do they think will be watching these movies?

[Lance_Boyle]

20. If people want porn on their handheld devices, they most likely already have it.

And if they don't have it there already, they can get it there real quick from any number of online places that already exist. I don't think the business opportunity is really there.

[Initech]

22. This is the same airline that wants standing room only and no bathrooms. WTF??