What would you ask Michael O Leary??

GoAround

I was at a charity game tonight in Newbridge between jockeys and trainers for Irish Cancer Research.A quick look over my shoulder and there he was, Mick O leary.... The Don of the Ryanair Mafia, to be honest, I like Michael O Leary as a person,nobody can take away for his business brain, even if he is rootless.. I would have loved to getting a minute of his time and asked him a few questions. Maybe something like, if I completed my fAtpl training and applied to Ryanair could he pay for my type rating,give me EIDW as base with 5/4 roster with no Brookfield etc..www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif. Wonder what he would have said?? www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/embarass.gif I should have seized the opportunity....!;)

What would you have asked if you had the chance??

nuggetclv

I've heard his response is something along the lines of "go and get a real f*ucking job" when you tell him you want to be a pilot.
Great fellow Westmeath man. Only lives about 10miles up the road. Great guy!

bluecode

I would have asked him about his horses. He would have no interest in my or your pilot career. I might not even mention that I'm a pilot.

By all accounts he's quite a personable fellow when you meet him. I for one am not going to make an enemy of a multi millionaire.

Bigus

Hey mick ..any chance you could run the country for three years please!

GoAround

I would have probably asked him about both, I work within the racing game so I probably could have kept him there for a while...!

It wouldnt surprise me if he said that back, sure doen't he want only one pilot to fly a plane?? He reckons a bus driver can manage it on his own.... lol You got to like him, to an extent..!

bluecode

Frankly I've made a few quid on his horses. So no reason to dislike the guy. Never had a bad experience with Ryanair either.

On the other hand, I was lined up for a job in Ryanair once, non pilot, which he personally cancelled apparently. In fact I have never been officially informed of the results of that interview. So I might bring that up.

Probably he did me a favour.

LeftBase

I'd ask him for a job.....:(

L1011

Bigus wrote: »

Hey mick ..any chance you could run the country for three years please!

In three years come back to me and see if you still think that he's that fantastic at running anything (even ignoring a country being completely unlike a business). His business model has run out of its input factors - cheap Boeings and desperate airports/regional governments with subsidy pots.

vicwatson

Why are you so obnoxious?

Like, we all think you're ok, but why be such an asshole about it?

Technoprisoner

MYOB wrote: »

In three years come back to me and see if you still think that he's that fantastic at running anything (even ignoring a country being completely unlike a business). His business model has run out of its input factors - cheap Boeings and desperate airports/regional governments with subsidy pots.

maybe in 3 years time he will own aerlingus and turned it into a profitable company and put ireland back on the map...but we will just have to wait 3 years to find out

LeftBase

Technoprisoner wrote: »

maybe in 3 years time he will own aerlingus and turned it into a profitable company and put ireland back on the map...but we will just have to wait 3 years to find out

Or maybe he'll canabalise the fleet as is more likely and base most of the a330s in London and Frankfurt etc.....again as is more likely.

Skyhawk684

Technoprisoner wrote: »

maybe in 3 years time he will own aerlingus and turned it into a profitable company and put ireland back on the map...but we will just have to wait 3 years to find out

Aer Lingus is a profitable company. Made a profit of 52.5 million in 2010 and 49.1 million in 2011.

ohigg84

Technoprisoner wrote: »

maybe in 3 years time he will own aerlingus and turned it into a profitable company and put ireland back on the map...but we will just have to wait 3 years to find out

He'll never own Aer Lingus, creating a monopoly in a small open economy doesn't work..

The day he own's Aer Lingus, is the day hell freezes over!

homerjay2005

MYOB wrote: »

In three years come back to me and see if you still think that he's that fantastic at running anything (even ignoring a country being completely unlike a business). His business model has run out of its input factors - cheap Boeings and desperate airports/regional governments with subsidy pots.

theres alot of desperate people in ireland too...i think he'd not be afraid to sort out this mess and make the decisions necessary that the government dont have.

KCAccidental

homerjay2005 wrote: »

theres alot of desperate people in ireland too...i think he'd not be afraid to sort out this mess and make the decisions necessary that the government dont have.

we'd be turned into a no-corporation tax sweatshop economy in no time. Sure what use is anything if it doesn't turn a profit eh? :rolleyes:

L1011

Technoprisoner wrote: »

maybe in 3 years time he will own aerlingus and turned it into a profitable company and put ireland back on the map...but we will just have to wait 3 years to find out

Aer Lingus is profitable. Just because Micko would like people to believe they're not doesn't make that the case.

AirMechMan

Run the country? I don't see how anybody with a brain can honestly think that would work out well for anybody. (except Michael O' Leary himself of course)

Thinking point:

1. Let MOL take over the business you currently work in (let just say you
work selling electronics as an example)

2. He reduces your wages to the lowest possible level that people will actually
work for.

3. He decides he doesn't want to deal with employees issues. So instead, he
decides he will offer you a new contract with an outsourcing company, for
which he will receive a nice fee.

4. He decided that he will put you on a probationary contract for one year,
just so he can fire you within the year, and you can do nothing, because
you have virtually no useful rights

5. While this is happening, the public are blissfully unaware that the staff of
your electronics company have lost all job security, have no legal standing
if something goes wrong, because cleverly, michael decided that he would
keep on a couple of workers on good money, who weren't outsourced,
because then he can turn around and say to the public "we pay fantastic
money to our employers, and they have good job security" etc etc.
Spoiler!!! --->

Hello ryanair cabin crew and pilots!

6. You've had enough, you leave. Along with most of your colleagues, and
even if they didn't leave, they've been fired, because it's well known
Michael O'Leary doesn't like his employees getting to comfortable, because
he doesn't want employees who aren't on probationary contracts.

7. They employees who aren't fired, and haven't resigned, are giving a
Meaningless promotion to a roll that has no increase in pay or benefits.
That means he can put you on another probationary contract for 12
Months - Mission accomplished for Mr. O' Leary. He now has workers that
are fully trained, most likely the best of the bunch since they are one of the
few who weren't fired, they are on minimum wage, and they have no legal
rights.

8. He finds new employees to fill the spaces of the fired, which is an easy
task because due to his little trick in step 5, the company pays
"great money with great conditions"

9. You're now in a job that has no security, money that's most likely
Impossible to live on, when things get quiet you're given unpaid leave,
the morale is as low as it can be due to the high turnover of staff, and
the other reasons mentioned above, and you have little to no job
satisfaction due to the fact that he constantly belittles you and the work
you do.

Things have changed fairly fast in the little electronics company you work in, but it doesn't matter, because the public are happy they are now getting the products for a little cheaper. But it's ok, don't worry, you are still working for a "great business man"

Welcome to the world of Michael O' Leary and Ryanair, and welcome to the world of the 9,000 staff members of Ryanair, "The worlds favourite airline."

So yes great idea, lets keep saying he should run the country, we all want to live in a country run "ryanair style" ........ not.

brandon_flowers

What electronics company do the Irish Government own? Just asking.

KCAccidental

brandon_flowers wrote: »

What electronics company do the Irish Government own? Just asking.

that's not the point

Talent

AirMechMan:
You forgot about the new replacement probationers having to pay for their own training, and being chased by solicitors for not paying the full cost of it after they get fired.