Ryanair blasted for refusing to let granddad with Parkinson’s board flight because staff thought he was drunk

NO-FRILLS airline Ryanair has been blasted for refusing to let a granddad with Parkinson’s board a flight because staff thought he was drunk.

Geoff Jackson, 58, has launched a legal action against the airline which would not let him get on his flight to Spain - even after he produced a card from Parkinson’s UK which explained his condition.

The airline eventually wrote to Geoff to apologise - saying he should have informed them about his condition in advance.

Geoff told The Sun: “I’m disgusted by them. Sadly it’s quite a common problem. My symptoms mean that I shake and sometimes I sway while standing up.

“I don’t realise I’m doing it but I got the card from Parkinson’s UK when I got stopped from going into a pub because the staff thought I was drunk.

“That’s why I was amazed they still didn’t let me on the flight after I showed them the card.”

Former welder Geoff, from Hull, Yorkshire, was flying out to Magaluf on a stag do for one of his son’s best friends as he used to be their Rugby Union coach.

The party was flying out of East Midlands Airport on July 7 when staff stopped Geoff from getting on the flight.

He added: “They refused to let me on the plane because I had had a drink. I had had a pint but I was not drunk.

"I tried to explain I had Parkinson’s and that I am on medication and I showed them my card but they just dismissed it altogether.