Birmingham’s Unscheduled Descent: One Ryanair, 189 Nationalities, and the Global Theater of Mild Panic
Birmingham, United Kingdom – Tuesday, 08:47 local time. A Ryanair 737-800, fresh from the bargain bin of European aviation, greets the tarmac with the sort of unscheduled intimacy normally reserved for divorces and tax audits. Oxygen masks dangle like overcooked spaghetti, tray tables surrender mid-prayer, and 189 souls discover that “priority boarding” now includes a…