RyanAir to scrap Co-Pilots

Voltex

Looks like Ryanair is leading the World once again when it comes to coming up with novel ways to save costs.

M.O.L will scrap the co-pilot and train in a stewardess to be able to land a plane should the Captin not be able to.

http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Michael-O39Leary-call-to-scrap.6513610.jp

But would you fly on a commercial ircraft that has only 1 pilot?

(and I know its a publicity stunt)

amacachi

No they won't.

Ian Beale

Great idea, the pilot has a heart attack and then even if he manages to ring the bell for the steward he might not be able to unlock the door. What could possibly go wrong?

Wait this is AH, perhaps replace them all with trained chimps?

El Weirdo

O'Leary does it again.

Anyone with a right mind would see that this is a wind-up from the following:

"If the pilot has an emergency, he rings the bell, he calls her in," O'Leary said. "She could take over."

super_furry

Michael O'Leary in outlandish headline grabbing claim shocker!

chughes

I wonder how many 1 euro flights he could subsidise if he reduced his own salary to an average of what he pays his Ryanair staff ?

I bet he hasn't thought of that as a way of saving the company money :rolleyes:

A Dub in Glasgo

If anything, the OP thread title is the alarmist thing here. Ryanair is not scrapping Co-Pilots.

The OP is a tabloid journo !!

karlog

Voltex wrote: »

M.O.L will scrap the co-pilot and train in a stewardess to be able to land a plane should the Captin not be able to.

(and I know its a publicity stunt)

Obviously a publicity stunt. You cant train a woman to land a plane.

amacachi

chughes wrote: »

I wonder how many 1 euro flights he could subsidise if he reduced his own salary to an average of what he pays his Ryanair staff ?

I bet he hasn't thought of that as a way of saving the company money :rolleyes:

I'm sure he's thought of it and then realised he isn't a hippy.

giles lynchwood

the technology is already in place for pilotless flights but the public are not ready for it yet.www.gizmodo.com

Biggins

amacachi wrote: »

No they won't.

Exactly.

There are too many international adopted rules and regulations in this area alone.
The man is talking thru his ass again for the sake of publicity.
Can't happen, won't happen.
Not one European country flight authority will allow this stunt to come to pass.

Micky Dolenz

chughes wrote: »

I wonder how many 1 euro flights he could subsidise if he reduced his own salary to an average of what he pays his Ryanair staff ?

I bet he hasn't thought of that as a way of saving the company money :rolleyes:

Why would he do that? He deserves every penny he earns, the man is a business genius no matter what personal feelings people have toward him. He almost single handily changed air travel so that it is accessible to everyone.

Kiwi_knock

O'Leary only said that because he realised he has not been in the news recently and he needed to say something sensational to grab the headlines again.

L.Jenkins

Better still. Why not make the co-pilot air-hosts, drop a few air-hostesses that can't fly and then you don't have to worry about training people to land a 737.

Doesnt make sense really.

King Felix

ItsThatManAgain wrote: »

Better still. Why not make the co-pilot air-hosts, drop a few air-hostesses that can't fly and then you don't have to worry about training people to land a 737.

Doesnt make sense really.

Or equip all the passengers with parachutes. Save on landing fees.

Biggins

karlog wrote: »

Obviously a publicity stunt. You cant train a woman to land a plane.

LOL

You know if there is a heaven, Amelia Earhart is going to kick your backside! :pac:

Manic Preacher

It's hilarious that people get angry at O'Leary when he's clearly winding them up. O'Leary is like the playground prankster and all these other guys are the kids that take everything literally and fail to see it for what it is

Biggins

Manic Preacher wrote: »

It's hilarious that people get angry at O'Leary when he's clearly winding them up. O'Leary is like the playground prankster and all these other guys are the kids that take everything literally and fail to see it for what it is

The lack of comprehension and un-awareness of actual reality in this country astounds me sometimes.

Micky Dolenz

Biggins wrote: »

The lack of comprehension and un-awareness of actual reality in this country astounds me sometimes.

Only sometimes?

Biggins

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Only sometimes?

Well once in a while a bright young "spark" actually (to his/her credit) manages to see something for what it really is.
Its to the likes of them I would trust with my future.

Blackpitts

i know where O'Leary is taking all his brilliant ideas from!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7i2825dg8

LevelSpirit

Biggins wrote: »

LOL

You know if there is a heaven, Amelia Earhart is going to kick your backside! :pac:

The flying (or maybe just the landing part) thing didnt work out for her either

Hail 2 Da Thief

I find it amazing how many people get upset when O'Leary opens his mouth.
The man is a publicity creating genious!

Biggins

LevelSpirit wrote: »

The flying (or maybe just the landing part) thing didnt work out for her either

:pac:

Dunno, Maybe she did land after taking the requested photos by the American government and then shot as a spy by the then Japanese!

See: http://www.woa.tv/articles/hi_earharta_spy.html

ejmaztec

Biggins wrote: »

:pac:

Dunno, Maybe she did land after taking the requested photos by the American government and then shot as a spy by the then Japanese!

See: http://www.woa.tv/articles/hi_earharta_spy.html

She's shacked up with Elvis, he likes mature women.

Biggins

ejmaztec wrote: »

She's shacked up with Elvis, he likes mature women.

So your ma told me last night.

ejmaztec

Biggins wrote: »

So your ma told me last night.

Have you been playing with that Ouija board again?:eek:

Biggins

ejmaztec wrote: »

Have you been playing with that Ouija board again?:eek:

It might explain those weird dreams alright. :pac:

msg11

karlog wrote: »

Obviously a publicity stunt. You cant train a woman to land a plane.

Or drive , Or drive and park a car.

Tar.Aldarion

can't teach an old trick new tricks

msg11

msg11 wrote: »

Or drive , Or drive and park a car.

cant train a man to stop making pathetic old sexist jokes either apparently

msg11

bluewolf wrote: »

cant train a man to stop making pathetic old sexist jokes either apparently

Who's joking? Cause I ain't I am been deadly serious.

bonerm

<Ryanair ad here>

ch750536

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc

mikemac

Saw the article this morning and choose not to give Ryanair free publicity by starting a thread on it here

But knew it would be done anyway, they realy are a great company for getting free publicity

Mint Sauce

so if the stewardess or even the steward is flying the plane, who'll serve the overpriced soft drinks and pringles?

FreudianSlippers

I know this is a publicity stunt, but I'd genuinely never fly with RyanAir again. I'm attempting to avoid them like the plague already (AerLingus is regularly cheaper) but sometimes the deals are too good to pass if I just need to go to London for the day.

Groinshot

really, removing the other guy isn't doing much, not like ryanairs piots can land a plane anyway. and besides, if a bus driver has a heart attackm everyone on the bus will die, there's no spare bus driver... if a pilot has a heart attack, and there's no co-pilot, couldn't someone on the plane take over really? I mean, surely a steward has to if the co-pilot dies too? so it can't be THAT difficult to land a jet (coming from someone who's landed a two seater plane) If the rest of it is computerised completely...

jackiebaron

Voltex wrote: »

Looks like Ryanair is leading the World once again when it comes to coming up with novel ways to save costs.

M.O.L will scrap the co-pilot and train in a stewardess to be able to land a plane should the Captin not be able to.

http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Michael-O39Leary-call-to-scrap.6513610.jp

But would you fly on a commercial ircraft that has only 1 pilot?

(and I know its a publicity stunt)

If you wish not to die, please insert your credit card.

Latchy

So the air hostess trains to become a pilot which preumably puts her in a higer wage bracket while allowing her to look for a job with another airline as a ...pilot ? .

Quote John Bishop ''

in the possible event of emergencies Ryanair will soon charge £1 for the oxygen masks to drop , yes that's right, only £1 '' .

Giselle

bluewolf wrote: »

cant train a man to stop making pathetic old sexist jokes either apparently

Or punctuate, capitalise appropriately or spell.:)

Voodu Child

Groinshot wrote: »

really, removing the other guy isn't doing much, not like ryanairs piots can land a plane anyway. and besides, if a bus driver has a heart attackm everyone on the bus will die, there's no spare bus driver... if a pilot has a heart attack, and there's no co-pilot, couldn't someone on the plane take over really? I mean, surely a steward has to if the co-pilot dies too? so it can't be THAT difficult to land a jet (coming from someone who's landed a two seater plane) If the rest of it is computerised completely...

Mythbusters did an episode about an untrained person landing a plane. They were in a simulator and a guy 'on the ground' talked them into manually landing successfully.

And then at the end the guy said it was pointless as they wouldn't actually have to land it 'manually', they could just program in the runway number and glide slope (or something like that, im sure some aviation guys will correct me! :pac:) and the plane can land itself.

Manic Moran

Voodu Child wrote: »

And then at the end the guy said it was pointless as they wouldn't actually have to land it 'manually', they could just program in the runway number and glide slope (or something like that, im sure some aviation guys will correct me! :pac:) and the plane can land itself.

Autoland is possible, but I have yet to see a computer system which is capable of responding to unanticipated problems. That's really what the pilots are there for now, in case the systems go wrong. Or they run into birds or whatever. Autoland would probably not have chosen to put US1549 into the Hudson.

NTM

Voodu Child

Manic Moran wrote: »

Autoland is possible, but I have yet to see a computer system which is capable of responding to unanticipated problems.

There's plenty of humans who can't do that very well either :pac: Including trained pilots.

Biggins

Blackpitts wrote: »

i know where O'Leary is taking all his brilliant ideas from!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7i2825dg8

Cool.

jackiebaron

Biggins wrote: »

LOL

You know if there is a heaven, Amelia Earhart is going to kick your backside! :pac:

Don't forget Pussy Galore.

Cuddlesworth

Manic Moran wrote: »

Autoland is possible, but I have yet to see a computer system which is capable of responding to unanticipated problems. That's really what the pilots are there for now, in case the systems go wrong. Or they run into birds or whatever. Autoland would probably not have chosen to put US1549 into the Hudson.

NTM

Maybe. But most pilots would not have bothered either. Those people were just lucky that they actually had the guy who wrote the book on flying a jetliner into water there.

Nijmegen

Ryanair are just going to dispense with pilots and cabin crew. Anyone who shows up to the airport with excess baggage or who hasn't checked in online will be given the offer of waived fees if they read a ten page manual on flight operations and handle the rest.

Biggins

jackiebaron wrote: »

Don't forget Pussy Galore.

Indeed and her female squad! :pac:

Celly Smunt

isn't it just terrible how a private company runs their company matters,just terrible :rolleyes: