Ponce
3rd September 2010, 09:04 PM
Read the whole story........what the thinking American used to be like.
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Ryanair’s O’Leary Ponders One-Euro Toilets, Standing Passengers.
By Felix Gillette
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- “Why does every plane have two pilots?†asks Michael O’Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings Plc, the largest low-cost airline in Europe. Wearing sneakers, jeans, and an off-the-rack short-sleeved shirt, O’Leary is pontificating in his office at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Dublin Airport.
“Really, you only need one pilot,†he tells Bloomberg Businessweek in the Sept. 6 edition. “Let’s take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.†What happens if the pilot has a heart attack? One member of the cabin crew on all Ryanair flights would be trained to land a plane. “If the pilot has an emergency, he rings the bell, he calls her in,†O’Leary says. “She could take over.â€
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aeFzqJRpOHIM&pos=14
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Ryanair’s O’Leary Ponders One-Euro Toilets, Standing Passengers.
By Felix Gillette
Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- “Why does every plane have two pilots?†asks Michael O’Leary, chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings Plc, the largest low-cost airline in Europe. Wearing sneakers, jeans, and an off-the-rack short-sleeved shirt, O’Leary is pontificating in his office at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Dublin Airport.
“Really, you only need one pilot,†he tells Bloomberg Businessweek in the Sept. 6 edition. “Let’s take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.†What happens if the pilot has a heart attack? One member of the cabin crew on all Ryanair flights would be trained to land a plane. “If the pilot has an emergency, he rings the bell, he calls her in,†O’Leary says. “She could take over.â€
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aeFzqJRpOHIM&pos=14