I am sure many of you have heard about what happened earlier this week with a British Airways flight. If you haven’t yet, the pilots mistakenly took the plane to Edinburgh, Scotland instead of Dusseldorf, Germany, thanks to an incorrect flight plan that was loaded. Yeah, that isn’t a very nice thing to have happen for sure!
Social Media Gold: Ryanair Mocks British Airways and Gets Ripped Up in Return
Well, Ryanair thought they would have some fun about it so tweeted this out:
Hey @British_Airways, we have a present for you 👀 pic.twitter.com/m3K9ZNk0Ew
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) March 25, 2019
Yeah, pretty funny until you think about the fact that this is RYANAIR doing the trolling. You know the saying about glass houses and all! Well, there were plenty of Twitter users that were completely happy to throw some rocks back. Having been a recipient of some of Ryanair’s ridiculous flight handling this year myself, I could definitely have contributed as well (even worse for these folks). Here were some of my favorite responses:
And here’s one for you @Ryanair pic.twitter.com/visVrSN0Hm
— Mr JB (@essex_o) March 25, 2019
Unfortunately @RyanAir your image exceeds our image upload allowance. Please pay an unreasonable fee to have your image thrown in the hold. Remember, we change our allowance size frequently, and charge unreasonable fees just to keep you on your toes. #ryanair #troll #allowance pic.twitter.com/Wt4Fv6nAhk
— eddie duggan (@eddieduggan) March 26, 2019
— SpeedBirdUK (@speedbird_uk) March 25, 2019
Maybe keep the book 👀 pic.twitter.com/94ZtUoC7zb
— Matt Carter (@MattCarter86) March 25, 2019
@Ryanair how much you charging @British_Airways for that book because you not giving it away for free pic.twitter.com/y6Onv8MBkV
— Wayne Kavanagh (@waykav41) March 25, 2019
I remember the time you dropped me in Vienna after telling me we were meant to be landing in Bratislava… The flight was meant to go to Budapest.
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) March 25, 2019
The whole thread is just hilarious! I am sure that it was even funnier for the British Airways social media team as they got to sit back and let Ryanair just get hammered in response!
I dunno. BA could definitely be trolled for all kinds of things as a result of their trying to become a ULCC, at least in services offered. Ryanair may charge you for hot water as well, but at least their prices are cheap, just as one example.
Oh, I definitely am with you on that. I just found it very humorous that Ryanair was the one that got hit more on this one, even though it was originally about BA’s mistake.