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Airline to Offer In-Flight Adult Movies

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-man-mile-high-club dept.

Soon the loud passenger who's had too much to drink on your red-eye flight will be the least of your travel worries. Ryanair Airlines chief Michael O'Leary plans to launch an app that will allow passengers to watch porn on their tablets and smartphones during flight. Mr O'Leary told the Sun: "I'm not talking about having it on screens on the back of seats for everyone to see. It would be on handheld devices. Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn't we?" Best of all, the app could also be used to gamble or play games in case you got bored during the speaking parts of your in-flight adult movie.

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  1. I doubt it by norriefc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's Ryan Air, O'Leary pull these type of stunts every other month just for the free PR

    1. Re:I doubt it by Albanach · · Score: 4, Informative

      I suspect you are simply making this up. Ryanair does charge every passenger a fee, I believe it is €0.50 cents to recoup the cost of the services that they provide to disabled passengers. Obviously every other airline does this too, recouping the cost through ticketing charges, though they may not list the charge individually.

      I am not aware of any fees for services to disabled passengers, suspect they would be illegal, and the ryanair website explicitly lists things such as wheelchair assistance as being free of charge.

  2. This is not a good advertisement by javakah · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm really not sure that I want to be flying on an airline whose chief can't tell the difference between a private hotel room and an airplane with dozens of other people sitting right next to you.

    1. Re:This is not a good advertisement by nepka · · Score: 4, Insightful

      But action movies with violence, blood, heavy drug use and other such things are much more better than watching someone making love?

    2. Re:This is not a good advertisement by icebraining · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're watching the wrong kind of porn. There is actually "nice" porn. Although I've never seen a man in it.

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  3. Practical application by j-turkey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "I'm not talking about having it on screens on the back of seats for everyone to see. It would be on handheld devices."

    Preferably handheld devices that can be held in one hand.

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  4. Skip the movie by coinreturn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And have the flight attendants give blowjobs instead.

    1. Re:Skip the movie by sokoban · · Score: 4, Funny

      They've already thought of that:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfIY24BErBE

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  5. Re:WCPGW by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially since they're taking out all but one bathroom...

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  6. Re:Anyone remember that "Bad Idea Jeans" skit on S by Canazza · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's more that, traditionally, playing pocket billiards is done at home, by your self, or with a very good friend, and not in a cramped tin box sitting next to a stranger.

    also, Aircraft air is stale enough without adding the musty odour of after-sex.

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  7. Re:Anyone remember that "Bad Idea Jeans" skit on S by Riceballsan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well 2 huge flaws, 1. The intent of porn tends to cause a physical change in male viewers that other passengers would rather not witness. 2. I'm as much against censoring of porn and such as anyone else, but when someone is going to play it in visible view of my 5 year old without my consent, that is where the line has to be drawn.