Learned that after the Nepal crash

I’ve been on Ryan air. The list isn’t nearly restrictive enough.

I mean, all first world countries do. I think the FAA follows the ICAO guidance for compliance.

At one time Ryanair had the newest fleet of planes in the world.

You may well not like their pricing structure (does anyone?) but they're a very safe airline.

Ryan Air flights don't have fatal crashes, but if you are on one for long enough you might start to wish they did.

I figured they did at some level, but I did not specifically think about it until I watched Mentour Pilot's video on the Quantico/OrientThai/One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 crash in Thailand. Petter specifically advised using the EU blacklist to check on smaller/regional airlines, even if they do not fly to the EU, before flying with them.

When I saw the title, I knew the OP had watched that video.

Lion Air in Indonesia crashed a 737-800 in April 2013 that was delivered in Feb 2013.

New doesn’t = safe.

Edit: dates, point remains the same

Running properly maintained equipment is one aspect of safety and new equipment hasn't had time or use to degrade and is therefore mechanically sound and therefore safe.

One of the other aspects of safety, perhaps the most important, is competent pilots, engineers, and air traffic controllers. I'd venture that Lion Air has less experienced pilots and lower requirements to get hired. An inexperienced pilot can crash a new plane.

Ryanair might be uncomfortable, but they're not unsafe.

That is not the argument you think it is. That reflects more on bad pilots or poor maintaince. The 737-800’s crashes are overwhelmingly pilot error or maint failures. I see one that might be because of manufacturing issues.

Can confirm on the Congo airlines. Once was enough for them! I refuse all work now that requires flights to brazerville, regardless of carrier!

If you don't want to download the PDF, it's all small, regional carriers primarily from developing countries in Africa and the Middle East, though there are a number of carriers from Russia.

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None of the countries on the list are in the middle east.

Literally the third and fourth airlines are in the Middle East.

Someone never took a stats class

What about air Jordan ?