Ryanair's CEO scraps contentious language test for SA passengers - saying it 'doesn't make any sense'
The outlet reported that CEO Michael O'Leary told reporters:"Our team issued a test in Afrikaans of 12 simple questions."
"They have no difficulty completing that. But we didn't think it was appropriate either. So we have ended the Afrikaans test, because it doesn't make any sense.""due to the high prevalence of fraudulent South African passports." The South African Department of Home Affairs recently accused criminals of creating fake passports for sale in South Africa.
In a statement previously sent to Insider, Ryanair said that South African customers would be unable to travel if they could not complete the language test. The test included questions such as identifying the highest mountain in the country and which side of the road people in South Africa drive on. The questionnaire has been widely slammed, including by the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa, which labelled the test a
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