RyanAir to scrap Co-Pilots

05-09-2010 01:27PM

msg11 wrote: »

Or drive , Or drive and park a car.

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

msg11 · 05-09-2010 01:54PM

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 · 05-09-2010 02:20PM

ch750536 · 05-09-2010 02:27PM

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

mikemac · 05-09-2010 02:31PM

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 · 05-09-2010 03:08PM

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

FreudianSlippers · 05-09-2010 03:12PM

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 · 05-09-2010 03:31PM

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 · 05-09-2010 03:37PM

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 · 05-09-2010 03:39PM

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 · 05-09-2010 04:24PM

bluewolf wrote: »

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

Or punctuate, capitalise appropriately or spell.:)

Voodu Child · 05-09-2010 04:41PM

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 · 05-09-2010 05:41PM

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 · 05-09-2010 06:10PM

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 · 05-09-2010 06:29PM

Blackpitts wrote: »

i know where O'Leary is taking all his brilliant ideas from!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm7i2825dg8

Cool.

jackiebaron · 06-09-2010 12:36PM

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 · 06-09-2010 01:13PM

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 · 06-09-2010 01:17PM

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 · 06-09-2010 01:18PM

jackiebaron wrote: »

Don't forget Pussy Galore.

Indeed and her female squad! :pac:

Celly Smunt · 06-09-2010 02:06PM

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

General Zod · 06-09-2010 02:10PM

if everyone stops talking about him, he'd stop coming up with these crappy publicity stunts.

General Zod · 06-09-2010 02:11PM

pmcmahon wrote: »

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

Ryanair are not a private company.

MidlandsM · 08-09-2010 12:34PM

http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/safety-fears-as-oleary-proposes-using-one-pilot-on-short-flights-472675.html

Richard tea · 08-09-2010 12:36PM

no

Doyler92 · 08-09-2010 12:37PM

I woukld feel 2 safe.

My name is URL · 08-09-2010 12:37PM

It was only a publicity stunt - http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0908/ryanair.html

What a genius he is.. we should make him president, and teeshock and pope and stuff /s

Asmodean · 08-09-2010 12:39PM

**** that I feel unsafe enough with one taxi/bus driver going by the way some of the mad ***** drive!

giant_midget · 08-09-2010 12:39PM

O'leary...that little twirp...Always trying something to get Ryanair news coverage. :rolleyes:

No i would not feel safe at all, his "cabin crew" can barely speak english. What if the pilot falls ill, we are expected to have Xynanxrk from poland land the plane...i think not.

Saruman · 08-09-2010 12:42PM

In fairness can't most modern planes fly without a pilot. Including landing etc?

Logical Fallacy · 08-09-2010 12:43PM

jesusinaglanza wrote: »

O'leary...that little twirp...Always trying something to get Ryanair news coverage. :rolleyes:

No i would not feel safe at all, his "cabin crew" can barely speak english. What if the pilot falls ill, we are expected to have Xynanxrk from poland land the plane...i think not.

Kind of odd to dismiss somethng as a publicity stunt and then comment on it, neatly giving it validation, no?

O'Leary says something, the news outlets are all over it, the more outrageous it is, the more people talk about it. The common theme is Ryanair being splashed all over the place and last i heard they were still making money.

The dude is clever and knows exactly what kind of world he is doing business in.

RyanAir to scrap Co-Pilots

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