If there is one man in the world that knows how to make headlines, it’s Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary. Some of the things that this man does is so out there that the media has started calling him Mr O’Really. Now, Mr O’Really says that he would wait for his day in court after insisting his airline will defy rules on full compensation for stranded passengers.

The budget carrier went on to warn customers that the company will not be held liable for their hotel and restaurant bills after state agencies across Europe shut down airspace for six days. Mr O’Leary said that Ryanair would reimburse travelers the original price of their airfare and no more. This is a big refusal to abide by harsh European Union consumer rules.

Michael O’Leary said that there is no legislation that says that any airline getting a fare of 30 euros should be reimbursing passengers thousands of euros for hotel accommodations. It’s absurd to even think about.

Ryanair’s boss met with authorities in Dublin as the travel crisis started to ease off. He said that he will be seeing Ireland’s Commission for Aviation Regulation in court. Both countries’ regulator and consumer chiefs urged disgruntled passengers to press for their expenses to be covered.

Ryanair carries, on average, 220,000 passengers on flights across Europe every day. Mr O’Leary said that he was not able to estimate how many of his customs had been left stranded. He said that the consumer travel rules for airlines should be updated to put planes on an equal footing with the bus, train and ferry operators, which are only liable for the original cost of the fare.

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