A violinist experienced a funny incident when she wanted to board a Ryanair plane at Marseille airport. The reason? His tool measures 56 cm, which is 1 cm more than the authorized hand luggage limit. Therefore, she was unable to board.
It is well known that some companies are serious about the size of luggage allowed on board their planes. For many travelers, passing through the metal compartment with the required size is a real source of anxiety. Sometimes the wheels don't fit, sometimes you have to take off a few sweaters to thin out the bag… For Esther Abrami, a famous violinist from Aix en Provence, it's her instrument, an almost 200-year-old and very fragile violin. which could not enter the nails. And it happened by an inch!
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Not wanting to hear anything, Ryanair did not allow the musician to board her instrument in the case, which was obviously too big, the story goes. The free core. So the violinist tried everything, as she recounts in a bitter post on Instagram.
“I offered to buy an extra seat, I begged them, explaining that I was recording on the same day for my album, I've taken this company an incredible number of times and I've never experienced this, I even offered to take my violin out of the suitcase, keeping its material protection and holding it in my hand throughout the flight”, she explains, in vain.
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Esther Abrami, however, is used to taking the plane with a violin, and often leaves with Ryanair, from Marseille, hence her misunderstanding and anger. In her long message to her followers on social media, she says she was the victim of “public rudeness and humiliation”. She concludes by explaining that she had to buy a ticket again, a luxury not all musicians can afford. “Missing a flight often means missing a vital job opportunity.” It is “unacceptable”, concludes the violinist.