Ryanair Pilot Forgets To Flare

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[@drewyt3109]

Not enough passengers paid the extra landing flare fee.

[@ge2623]

They spent all their money on the $20 pillow fee.

[@ChristopherT_]

More like they're gonna get charged a fee for the landing gear maintenance costs 😂

[@ianchandley]

😂

[@Posark]

Hilarious, yet strangely probable

[@medorajoe7542]

Hilarious 🙄 a standard issue Ryanair joke from someone who probably only flew occasionally. When folk makes gags I often wonder who they’re comparing with?

[@RataCall3jera]

3 minutes of aviation never disappoints

[@JohnSmithShields]

Apart from the missing 7 seconds

[@ianchandley]

@@JohnSmithShieldshey! That was my line!!!😂😂😂

[@oealias5584]

@@JohnSmithShields yeah seriously has the creator never heard of subtitles?

[@khordi]

Can we not increase it to 4 minutes ?

[@PokeGamer025]

Bot

[@starguy2718]

Ryanair never disappoints. Still, you have to give Aero Union an "A" for effort.

[@AnimalisMD]

Yes the Aero Union had some definite Aerosucre undertones!

[@encinobalboa]

Kablammo!

[@AdakStillStands]

The second F/A-18 pilot knew the hikers were there. We had a similar encounter at Stevens Pass, WA years ago. Got buzzed and felt the jet blast from #2 being low.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

They are not gonna pay attention to hikers. 🤣🤣. But hey, I guess it’s a better story to tell that he knows. 😂

[@Ghost_III.]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 "🤣🤣." bro actually put a "." after a emoji. It isn't a sentence.

[@Ghost_III.]

And they definatly saw them. You just don't understand how good vision they have, and they are amazing at finding small details and that woulda been easy to see anyways.@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@Ghost_III. I clicked twice on the spacebar. When you do that, iPhone puts a “.” 🤷🏻‍♂️. See, just happened again. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Ghost_III.]

Why are you clicking twice 💀@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183

[@johnpatrick1588]

Ryan Air in its 37 year history and currently ranked number three in the world for yearly passengers carried has never had a fatal accident.

[@tomlee7956]

That might be true but they have given their passengers more heart attacks than any other airline...

[@ramps2402]

@@tomlee7956 No that’s just not true.

[@CrazyBar50cal]

@@ramps2402 it is. They have never had a fatal crash ever.

[@ge2623]

Their yearly bill for paying for passengers soiled underwear is $12,000,000

[@tjfSIM]

@@tomlee7956 No they haven't. I don't know why people are perpetuating this idiotic meme about Ryanair. It has absolutely no basis whatsoever. It is actually one of the world's safest airlines. Their fees and charges might be controversial but you can't fault their safety record.

[@BrianAchterberg928]

Ryanair Executives: Give that pilot a raise!

[@were-all-human9427]

but that would mean paying him above minimum wage and that would affect his Tax Credits award

[@titapalhano5811]

CANSADO ???? BURNOUT ???? WHO KNOWS.....

[@thecarousels2457]

Literally no one knows what they’re talking about re this subject. It’s ridiculous

[@explorenaked]

The Airbus A380. The most expensive snow thrower ever made. 😆

[@Kaenguruu]

The A380 always looks like it's just driving down a street when it suddendly starts to fly.

[@jameswillingham5373]

hard to judge the speed on this bird , always looks like it's going too slow to take off right up until it does . something to do with size I wonder?

[@AV1AT1XN]

@@jameswillingham5373nope. It’s the fov/ perspective

[@jameswillingham5373]

@@AV1AT1XN what's that ? Front on view? First officer view? I don't know really

[@AV1AT1XN]

@@jameswillingham5373 field of view. Associated with things may appear closer than they seem. The way the camera is zoomed and at the angle it is at, it looks extremely slow

[@awboat]

field of view doesn't mean what you think it means. Foreshortening maybe, but not field of view.@@AV1AT1XN

[@Elliamy01]

smoothest Ryanair landing

[@sebastiendurand2736]

In the case of Ryanair, it would be more astonishing to see a video of a smooth landing 😬

[@Ayrshore]

They did one once. Co-pilot made him take off and do it again properly :P

[@Anders_Eriksson]

@@Ayrshore Joke aside you're not completely wrong there. Since Ryan Air mostly fly to smaller airports with shorter rwys they aim for firm landings with no extended floating. So the marginal between a firm and a hard landing is smaller.

[@TheBierp]

Looking down on an F18 is surreal. Years ago the Blue Angels performed over Elliot Bay in Seattle, rather than over Lake Washington as they normally did. This was only done one year, but during their VIP rides, they buzzed through the downtown area below the level of the tops of some of the skyscrapers. From the top of the Westin building we got to both look down at a jet, then later, as one flew south and we all turned to watch it, the 2nd came from behind us, starting below the top of the building and clearing it by...20 feet? It caught everyone off guard and the sound blew you away, but it also absolutely felt like you could reach up and touch it. Pretty sure these were the reasons they moved it back over Lake Washington the next year. The downtown area was not ready for that kind of excitement on a Thursday afternoon. 🤣 Amazing planes and the Angels are amazing pilots.

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

In KZbin, type in Mach Loop. It is in Wales and there might be up to maybe 4 F15s line up to shoot down a much longer canyon flying lower than the cameraman. Lots of other aircraft are doing the training too . From the C-130 down to Alpha Jets of all the NATO countries.

[@MrTommy001]

Looks like Nevada out of Fallon NAS.

[@felixx321]

Isn't this star wars canyon in the clip here? @@MrTommy001

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

​@@felixx321: Yes

[@neilrobertson811]

Why do americans always make so much noise?

[@bburnsey]

Always look forward to a new three minutes.

[@w.ryanbutler8097]

Every RyanAir pilot to ever exist, in unison: "Flare? What's flare??"

[@PMS1950]

Looks like an unusually soft landing for Ryanair.

[@samodgers848]

I was a passenger on a flight that had an especially hard landing back in the '80s. The crew was standing outside the cockpit, thanking the passengers as we were deplaning. The older lady in front of me asked the pilot, "Did we land, or were we shot down?" I couldn't look him in the eye as I shook his hand, because I was about to crack up.

[@PhilipWe]

That’s the standard Ryanair landing procedure. Late or no flare.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

I hope this is meant as a joke. 😂

[@MeppyMan]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183looking at the windsock I just assumed it’s gusting and so they planted it firmly and on purpose?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@MeppyMan I agree with you. Or, he or she simply had a brain fart and flared too late, that’s a possibility too. 🤣🤣

[@EdOeuna]

I really don’t know why Ryan Air enjoys this reputation for bad landings. To me this suggests that their pilots are badly trained. I know that they are usually at the start of their career flying these small jets, but surely pride comes into play when it comes to landing the aircraft.

[@PhilipWe]

@@MeppyMan I don’t think so since the landing was to hard to be firmly on purpose.

[@xxhockeymaster03xx]

Regarding the Ryanair landing, look at the wind sock. It was a strong crosswind. They did fine! A firm landing isnt necessarily a bad landing!

[@Youtub77W]

Pilot didn’t forget he was a Ryanair pilot Edit: thanks for the likes

[@itellyouforfree7238]

Wow, that's one of the smoothest Ryanair landings I've ever seen!

[@joker_g7337]

I had 2 Eurofighters doing a low dogfight above my house last week. A bit like 1:31 but 2 of them chasing each other for 10 minutes. I wish I had a camera. I was ecstatic, but my wife didn't appreciate the noise and she got frightened when the fighters pointed its nose straight at us.

[@Wadson]

I love when people who have never flown in their life are giving advice on what to do

[@MeppyMan]

I also love it when actual pilots make comments or observations and then reading the comments from the usual know it alla who don’t realise 😂

[@IIIlIIIIlIIIII]

Really? I don't like it at all.

[@MeppyMan]

@@IIIlIIIIlIIIII the original comment was sarcasm.

[@Porch.monkey.slayer]

Thank you…

[@shairugiga3889]

I really like comments" Pilot forgot the landing gear or forgot to flare" true if you don't know something don't talk about it. It just matter of common sense

[@cnknguyen]

The Ryanair passengers didnt pay for the "premium" landing option, got stuck with the standard landing.

[@fgaviator]

The first one was actually a normal landing... following Ryanair standard company procedures. 😊

[@analogman9697]

It's the most direct route...by about three seconds.

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

The passengers have to pay a $10 surcharge each if they want a smooth landing. They announce it on the descent.

[@PERCYxyz]

The Ryan Air one just looks like a hard landing rather than forgetting to flare. The rear wheels touch the ground and bounce before the nose wheel touches the runway surface. If you pause the video at 0:20 you can clearly see the flare with the two rear wheels grounded and the nose raised.

[@welshshogun6750]

it was a clearly strong windy day, nothing about the flares

[@golfswingbodymechanicsinte2854]

Carrier landing! Nailed it 😂😂

[@bobby2409]

another great episode ❤

[@tonydauto8246]

Man those A380s amaze me every time I see them

[@kemmylove]

A more shocking video would’ve been “Ryanair pilot remembers to flare”

[@IAW88]

*Thank you, I am amazed watching these wonderful moments*

[@chrislambe400]

The fighter saw the people and treated them to a show.

[@crazyralph6386]

That F-18 buzz was epic

[@coldlakealta4043]

they're RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force. There is a much longer video of this on YT.

[@Nook.Cranny]

Great video, like always!

[@stephenmellentine]

Gotta love Star Wars Canyon!

[@tomyeplcharger]

I was lucky to fly it in a Fouga Magister...Magic

[@ge2623]

It's on my bucket list. Is there a way of knowing when the jets will be there? Do they post anything online etc?

[@MCMXI1]

This is such a great channel!!

[@Commanderraf]

Just imagine a RyanAir-AeroSucre merger: your flight barely takes off and lands with a thud!

[@PapaVanTwee5]

Ryanair, We'll get you there! (spine realignment included!)

[@SomeRandomGuy07]

1:14 "Here it comes another one‘s coming in" "YEEEEESSSS" lmao

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great video!

[@edwardwilcox6606]

I`d imagine it was more to do with wind-shear rather than forgetting to flair the Ryanair plane.

[@atarax232323]

I agree with you

[@samuelkeystone]

Ryanair was landing in strong cross wind. He probably landed hard on purpose to stick to the runway. Look at the wind sock.

[@marsgal42]

Indeed: plant it and don't worry if the landing isn't pretty. It's not going to be.

[@Ted-Striker]

I've seen RC-Plane landings under that Conditions that were smoother 🤣

[@bubbaoriley7864]

At 19 seconds you can see the pilot did indeed flare. It's just a high descent rate no doubt due to the challenging wind conditions.

[@Pincho.]

Probably in ils automatic procedure 😅

[@steveoops]

Ryan air usually lands hard to avoid go around. Save time and money

[@neilvincent5571]

Ryanair did flare, it was a last minute microburst, look at the windsock almost vertical to the right. You can see the aircraft being rolled to the right by the wind and the pilot correcting by left input. It was a good landing. Thanks for the video.

[@captmic]

Any respectable Naval Aviator would be proud of that first landing. OK-3 for sure.

[@peterresetz1960]

The Ryanair motto, "We'll get you to your destination. Even if it kills us."

[@MikeHotel29]

I usually hate it when people talk while they're filming, but the guy who filmed the RYR landing made me smile!

[@Esteban741.]

I love your channel

[@jim7060]

Wow good stuff 👍

[@____6919]

Plot twist: after that landing, the Ryanair pilot was gifted by the airline with an 'Employee Of the Year' medal.

[@RennieAsh]

0:19 thahnkyou for flying Ryanair. Last year, over 90% of our flights arrived on time. We hoped you enjoyed yours, and look forward to seeing you again soon

[@gusjones9388]

Best Channel on YT!!!!!

[@josephhiggins]

Every Ryanair flight I have flown had a smooth landing.

[@riopugh8220]

Same here

[@Jasewoz]

Says the Ryanair Marketing Department… 😏😉

[@Jasewoz]

Wouldn’t it be entertaining to put the male commentator on the BA A320 go around in a simulator and mimic that day’s wind conditions! It would only be fair to let the BA pilots critique his efforts too! You can be well trained, practiced and recent at crosswind landings. You can be in a familiar aircraft at a familiar airport. But all that pales into insignificance because the only thing that really matters is what the wind does (shear/gusts) in the last 30 feet before touchdown! 🥴

[@vegagoal31]

So, do they just tell those Ryanair guys not to flare?

[@danieldekker7008]

It saves dollars worth of fuel to skip it! ;-)

[@u2bear377]

Why, it's a Boeing. Boing-boing-boing...

[@jeffs7944]

Great videos as always! Although I have to admit I found the audio on the first few clips annoying.

[@craigmarriott1644]

Definitely agree 100%. Armchair experts..

[@RocketrywithAnay_2013]

3 minutes of aviation is my fav aviation channel after Ice711 but 3 minutes of aviation makes so good videos we should be paying him for that...

[@Bloodfire83]

I find it entertaining to hear plane spotters in these videos lose their mind when a plane does a go around. When you watch a video from a pilot talking about them, they're just something that happens on occasion it's nothing more than a minor nuisance.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

Right. It’s like realizing your highway exit is right there and you know you can’t make it anymore, so you have to go to the next one.

[@alfnoakes392]

I would imagine that it is something that goes on an airline pilots record (percentage of go-arounds and reasons for such, since it will mean extra fuel is burnt) and is a factor in deciding promotion/ seniority. Any comment from someone 'in the industry'?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@alfnoakes392 no, no records and no factors at all for promotion. If you were to do that, then pilots would be reluctant to do a go around, which is dangerous. The biggest example is Asiana Airlines crash of their B777 in San Fransisco. Due to culture, a go around was considered a bad thing in the company. So instead of going around, they crashed.

[@Bloodfire83]

@@alfnoakes392 IIRC it used to be tracked, but they didn't want pilots risking landings that should be aborted so they did away with it. I remember a couple of pilots on youtube saying something to that matter but there are too many videos for me to go digging through them. lol

[@fluchterschoen]

At first I thought it said "Ryanair pilot forgets his flares", and I thought "is it the 1970s again?". I've no idea what decade it is. I'm riddled with dementia, but at least I know that Lloyd George is the prime minister of wherever here is.

[@jilanjamiu7891]

I was recording a video while landing in Zadar, Croatia and my phone fell from my hand as the plane touched the ground. I can now imagine what it must have looked like outside the plane during that landing.

[@Qwertyuiop_memes10]

0:52 go arounds can be preformed as long as the reversers are not on

[@doctorpresident5681]

Had the pleasure of meeting Rocco on that very Emirates flight. The nicest guy! Everyone wanted a selfie.

[@chrislambe400]

Rocco who, that French porno dude?

[@schabowyBar]

Selfie with Rocco or his big di..k?

[@Glegh]

No, they did flare. Just not alot

[@johnnyliminal8032]

Had a couple thoughts not seen in my brief dip into the comments. That canyon flyby POV location looked like where a jet crashed just below, and burn-injured some plane-spotters, a few years ago. 2, That A-380 taking off, raising snow with it’s outboard engines, I wonder if that runway needed follow up sow removal.

[@Xotic_S4L3H]

Congrats on 420k Subs! 💀💀💀💀

[@GG_Booboo]

The question is how does a B737s chicken legs take that pounding form RyanAir pilots?😂

[@dougadams9419]

1:11 The Mach Loop in Death Valley USA. Situated close to the western boundary of Death Valley National Park in California, the area is better known as Star Wars Canyon.

[@Szeptlasu]

Nice

[@wesleycardinal8869]

He didn't forget to flare, that was a carrier landing 👍

[@franticflyboy]

Exactly... You can always figure out the Navy pilots!

[@johnnyliminal8032]

​@@franticflyboy Hey now, they call themselves Naval Aviators. Not sure if that applies to wannabes who bend weaker everyday undercarriage. Related, Blue Angels’ team landings (sequential I saw, maybe 8-12 sec between), are so cool. They all planted it at the same spot, no flare lol. Husky legs.

[@PistolPat]

I do enjoy aviation videos, but I continue to marvel at people that spend their day watching landings...

[@flyingmyles]

Ouch that poor 737, that's a confirmed landing 😂

[@adamp2233]

Ryanair conducts another normal Ryanair landing.

[@joebrunette5594]

Late go around, what's an on-time one, a mile from touchdown?

[@ieuanroberts684]

Ryanair: budget airline, budget pilot! You always know when you arrive with those guys.

[@kinghenry100]

Passengers must pay extra for flair

[@billbrisson]

Ryan air pilot trapped the 3 wire!

[@EinfachLuap]

That go-around by BA was textbook. It's what we used to call a TOGA-10. 10 degrees pitch in order to avoid a tailstrike and once you're clear of the runway, you revert to the "normal" go-around procedure. It was in no way "late". Also plane-spotters commenting on what the pilot is supposed to do is utterly infuriating. Learn to fly an airbus yourself, then we'll talk. Same goes for a lot of people in aviation related comment sections! Best regards, a 320 driver.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

Nowhere near a tail strike. I’ve never heard of TOGA-10. Must be specific to your airline?

[@EinfachLuap]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 I've never implied that it was. Maybe. Afaik old BA and Virgin guys also had that procedure, as that's who my instructors were. Nowadays it's called balked landing procedure, at least at my company.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@EinfachLuap balked landing isn’t new. It’s been around longer than I’ve been flying and I started in 1992. But a balked landing doesn’t mean 10° pitch to avoid tail strike. Now, to be fair, I have zero A320 experience. So maybe it’s an A320 thing. However, I’m typed on the A340, which is prone to tail strikes, yet we weren’t trained to 10°.

[@EinfachLuap]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 I haven't claimed it's new, just that we call it that now. Gone through the rating 1 year ago, so I guess I'm still fresh and just checked the docs, it's 10° for us. Maybe a company thing, who knows.

[@marspp]

Aerounion didn’t bounce hard off it’s nose gear: the re was a very large elevator deflection up as the nose gear touched so a lot of the pitch up would have been aerodynamic, not a mechanical bounce from the nose gear.

[@davidobyrne9549]

That Ryanair one was a firm landing rather than a hard one, nothing to worry about on a 737

[@Airman_Fu]

I live in a MOA where they do canyon flying. Does get annoying when you’re trying to fly fish until two F-117 come right overhead and I live out my childhood dream.

[@wayneseavers7117]

Wow! 😮

[@BoloH.]

Nah didn't forget to flare, there just wasn't a passenger onboard who had paid extra for comfortable landing

[@ianmoone6562]

It's cringe to say cringe but how do you feel when a spotter is giving tips on how to land a plane to a pilot?

[@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS]

Serious cringe

[@thejackbox]

Definitely cringe. Especially the ones that try to critique landings. I know of a guy on YT that will scream go around at regional jets that float slightly on 13,000 ft runways. 🙄😬

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Super annoying

[@alfnoakes392]

I sit by the local harbour and critique landings at the airfield a mile away over the water on a regular basis, wonderful fun, especially weekends (flying lesson time) with a good cross-wind. Best is watching the super-experienced glider-tug pilot landing 'in place' in a strong breeze like a bird of prey descending to its nest. To offer online criticism of such professionals is not always 'polite' though, agreed.

[@leemiguel3437]

Waaaay too many amateur aviation commentators out there. Cringe.

[@Droningonuk]

You have to pay extra for the ryanair flair

[@homeenforcer]

Those F-18s were from the set of Top Gun 2 😂

[@MrRashad9001]

My experience flying on Boeing and Airbus even my country's national airline operates 737-700&800 the landings are always medium to hard and on Airbus there are always smooth touch downs.

[@AnimalisMD]

Ryanair... enough said!😬😳

[@CrimsonGamer99]

RyanAir: "we'll get you there!... eventually..."

[@HondaExige1]

Ryanair charges an extra £20pp for flare

[@coalachaos6486]

2:14- I like how the A380 leaves ground as it was on rails.

[@alexmnblyth]

0:32 A319 (can tell by single over-wing exit)

[@pudzian90]

At least they remembered to lower the gear, arm the ground spoilers and lower the flaps. Great pilots

[@Vespyr_]

There must be something to these hard landings by Ryanair because despite the harshness their aircraft seem to be in fighting condition. I mean knock on wood but no fatal crashes with its reputation? Bloody good.

[@datainmotion]

As always the videos are great. What's not so great is the commentary from some of the British and LA planespotters

[@wadehiggins1114]

ryanair: you want flare? We include in your airfare.

[@flyguy330]

Anyone know where Emirates made that Takeoff? I think their more used to blowing sand than snow!

[@tonyf9076]

Is Star Wars open again ??? Or old footage ?

[@L33tSkE3t]

I wince a little whenever I hear an adult say “look it”

[@loganradinovich1127]

The commentary on some of the clips 😂

[@I-Love-Taylor-Swift]

Why oh why do people still fly with Ryanair??? It never ceases to amaze me..

[@ray076NL]

Well, its on schedule and not delayed, isn't it?

[@bugjuicer]

I reckon RyanAirs' pilot training sim is just GTA in the break room

[@MalsiiYT]

1:15 the funny thing is that its way louder in person lol

[@iconicshrubbery]

That was a butter landing ; butter just out of the freezer.