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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 01:56 PM Original message |
Airline CEO: Nix co-pilot, save money |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. If on final approach the pilot has a heart attack (it has happened) |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rocktivity: Nix Airline CEO |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Best answer ever |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Couldn't Ryanair just train a flight attendant to perform the CEO's duties? ( n/t ) |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. o/\o |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Quick, blow up the copilot! |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. LOL |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Perfect |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. wtf? nt |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. No...No...No. Time for a real look at how this clown is running that company, before people die. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. This is why we have to have government regulation. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. +1000 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Soon enough there will be 0 pilots on the plane |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My thoughts are it will be like the self check out at the grocer |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. And, this company he heads turns a profit? These shitbags have........... |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. fortunately the FAA not the CEO get to make that decision n/t |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's cute: "He calls her in." Pilots are male, flight attendants are female. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Some folks are sayin' the MSM is on holiday and The Onion is filling in. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. truth can be stranger than fiction. nt |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. This just in: |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Remind me not to fly on Ryanair -- ever -- under any circumstances. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wonder how many pilots... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Unless the "corporate jet" is a turboprop, two |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I know, it was asked rhetorically... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. The solution to the airlines' problems: High Speed Rail |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Air travel is *so* twentieth-century! |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Texas high speed rail |
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Bluestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. He thinks he's running a bus line n/t |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. next stop |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. The forgot the communal bucket passed around the cabin in place |
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Kringle (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. is there some reason a co-pilot can't learn how to pour drinks? .nt |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. wow! |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hello passengers, is there a pilot on board? nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. Railroads have been pushing this for some time; there is no federal rule against one-person crews. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. Look at the truth - they want to because of their BAD SAFETY RECORD |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Is there someone on board who can fly the plane and didn't have the fish for dinner? |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hmmm...no co-pilot, but flight attendants who look like this... |
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