Ryanair takes the p*ss

As long as Michael O'Leary stays at the helm at Ryanair the airline will never be off the front pages, and today was no exception. In an interview with the BBC, O'Leary speculated that Ryanair might start charging for the use of toilets on it's aircraft.

"One thing we have looked at in the past and are looking at again is the possibility of maybe putting a coin slot on the toilet door so that people might actually have to spend a pound ($1.43) to spend a penny in future," he told BBC television.

Whilst not exactly scotching the possibility, Stephen McNamara, the airline's spokesman certainly indicated that O'Leary is nothing if not opportunistic when a sound bite is required - 

"Michael makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and while this has been discussed internally there are no immediate plans to introduce it."