Fair play to Ryanair

Ryanair’s 2008 calendar features ladies from from its cabin crew in various states of undress. I haven’t seen it but according to the back page of Business This Week in today’s Irish Times, “some of the snaps are quite steamy”. In April Nicola from Stansted wears little more than a life jacket while cowboy boots are enough for Magda in Charleroi in June. There is also a pic of a Ryanair imagined calendar from Aer Lingus. It stars a frumpy woman of advancing years by the name of Bridget pouring tea. She’s wearing a twee, all-in-one bathing suit decorated in shamrocks. The calendar goes on sale tomorrow on board Ryanair flights. It costs £5/€7 and the proceeds go to Angels Quest, which provides respite care for children with special needs.