RyanAir: No More Cattlecall(SWA)

RyanAir will go to allocated seating starting on 2/1/14. The ultra low-fare carrier will also offer premium seating (for extra charges of course). The airline issued this statement:

Ryanair has launched allocated seating on all Ryanair flights from 2/1/14, which is now available when booking on the Ryanair.com website, which allows all Ryanair customers to choose their preferred seats in advance (or to book seats together with their companions).


Ryanair customers can now select their preferred allocated seat either during the booking process (through the ‘manage my booking’ feature) or when checking-in online with three seat options available:

Premium seats – Rows 1-5, 16 & 17 or 32 & 33 – giving customers priority boarding, extra legroom and/or faster disembarking all for a fee of just €10/£10 (the same fee as Ryanair’s current reserved seat fee)
Standard seats - Rows 6-15 & 18-31 – where customers can pre select their preferred window or aisle seats or ensure that they sit together for a fee of just €5/£5 (priority boarding can be added for a supplement of just €2/£2).

I wonder if these are the same guys I knew on SPN a few years back that were running tuna from Ponphei island and other islands like Chuuk, and the FSM. I knew some of their pilots as when I got off ship to work aviation out there, my apartment complex housed Ryan pilots and techs. One of the pilots opened up a strip club down the street of our complex, and the night girlies would come in all roudy at closing as they were housed in that complex too. Just a block from Chalan Kanoa beach. What a wild time. What a place.