Michael O'Leary
Michael O'Leary
Most famous as Dr. Fredrick Bauer on Guiding Light, a role he has played from 1983–1991, and from 1995-2009.
ProfessionSoap Opera Actor
Date of Birth27 March 1958
fun apology firsts
I came into business to make money, I make no apology for that. I wanted to make a lot of money but after the first £50million or £100million, it became less about making money and more about having fun.
europe air cost
The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost of air travel all over Europe.
mba bullshit lazy
MBA students come out with: 'My staff is my most important asset.' Bullshit. Staff is usually your biggest cost. We all employ some lazy bastards who needs a kick up the backside, but no one can bring themselves to admit it.
glasses broken naked
Germans will crawl bollock-naked over broken glass to get low fares.
personality cheerful weakness
One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality.
couple years bird
University is the best couple of years of your life. Nowhere else can you drink and chase as many birds.
people trying should
We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off.
publicity negative murder
Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity.
years europe influential-person
The most influential person in Europe in the last 20 to 30 years has been Margaret Thatcher. Without her we'd all be living in some French bloody unemployed republic.
air operations bus
Air transport is just a glorified bus operation.
two police boards
The police force were outstanding in their field. But all they did was stand in their field. They kept passengers on board while they played with a suspect package for two and three quarter hours. Extraordinary.
people needs sometimes
People say the customer is always right, but you know what - they're not. Sometimes they are wrong and they need to be told so.
thinking europe average
I'm Europe's most underpaid and underappreciated boss. I'm paid about 20 times more than the average Ryanair employee and I think the gap should be wider.
sorry saying-sorry offensive
Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not.