The fines will be a “minimum” punishment, and it will continue to seek civil damages for compensation for the costs incurred in more serious cases.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, announced Thursday that it will impose fines starting at €500 ($579) on passengers whose disruptive behavior leads to their removal from a flight.
The budget carrier said it hopes the fine will serve as “a deterrent to eliminate this unacceptable behavior onboard our aircraft.”
“It is unacceptable that passengers are made to suffer unnecessary disruption because of one unruly passenger’s behavior,” a Ryanair spokesperson said.
What really irks me is that ConnectEast/Transurban somehow get away with it. If you miss a $2 toll they’ll get the police to send you a $150 fine for it.
What’s worse is that their systems actively block you from paying the toll afterwards.
Actually, the most fucked thing above all is these companies are using government resources to protect their revenue stream whilst paying zero taxes.
I almost copped the fine once in a brand new car that I hadn’t assigned my tag to yet. The only reason I managed to dodge the fine is because Transurban had me fly from Melbourne to Sydney with zero notice to oversee the deployment of their air quality monitoring systems in the M5 tunnel. Because, ya know, they couldn’t open the tunnel unless it was operational. I was driving to the airport at 5am. For them.