Row over Ryanair's free flights for failures
13.08.08
An offer by Ryanair of free flights to students who fail their A-Levels has been criticised as unfair and a cheap publicity stunt. (Ryanair being accused of a cheap publicity stunt and an offer that it not balanced? Surely not!)
In its latest publicity generating promotion, the budget airline is offering 100 free flights to the first students who go into Liverpool’s Walkabout bar tomorrow afternoon with proof that they failed their exams. Under the tag line ‘So forget about going to Oxford or Cambridge, and instead enjoy a visit from Liverpool to Faro, Cork, Szczecin, Gdansk, Nimes or Nantes’ the airline is offering free flights to up to 100 students.
However, the Liverpool branch of the National Association of Head Teachers, the National Union of Teachers and councillors have criticised the plan. Julie Lyon-Taylor, NUT spokesman, said: ‘Students will be celebrating tomorrow, not everyone will get A*s or As but Bs, Cs, Ds and Es are still a phenomenal achievement.'
'Ryanair’s offer is not balanced, it doesn’t reward the students with the best results nor does it reward the students who deserve it most. Some students might fail because they didn’t try.'
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