Ryanair's blind 'terrorists' win £4,000 damages
February 14, 2008
Much has been said about how poorly Ryanair treats disabled customers, so it was no surprise to read in the Guardian that a blind calypso musician and his band have been awarded damages after the airline threw them off an aircraft as suspected terrorists.
It’s amazing they got anything at all, but the £4,000 awarded for their mistreatment pales somewhat when compared with the £62,000 shelled out to Nicolas Sarkozy last week.
The French president took the airline to court after an ad used a picture of him and new wife Carla Bruni without permission. Clearly the Elysee provides a better class of lawyer than a bunch of calypso musicians can afford.
Matthew Hampton, features editor
Nathan Midgley
