Ryanair's CEO Suggests Eliminating Co-Pilots 553
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from the outsource-to-ground-control dept.
from the outsource-to-ground-control dept.
postbigbang writes "Ryanair's miser-in-chief Michael O'Leary now suggests eliminating co-pilots as a way to save money. Will airliners be powered by drones, or is it actually viable to have just a single pilot on passenger planes?"
Slashdot suggests eliminating VPs to reduce cost (Score:5, Funny)
Old joke (Score:5, Funny)
Frankly, I believe that computers make fewer mistakes than humans, so I would in fact prefer a plane with a single (or no) human pilots.
Reminds me :
Q: What is the ideal cockpit crew?
A: A pilot and a dog...the pilot is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to bite the pilot in case he tries to touch anything.
Re:Slashdot suggests eliminating VPs to reduce cos (Score:1, Funny)
No, no, the idea is someone other than the CEO takes over running things.
Re:Waste (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Waste (Score:2, Funny)
removing the uniforms? sounds good. :p
Passengers (Score:4, Funny)
They should get rid of all the passengers. Think about it....they wouldn't have to pay for meals, they could fire all the flight attendants and save that salary money, the seats on the planes wouldn't be needed anymore. They'd even save on fuel, since the planes would be so much lighter without all those people on board.
Re:You don't want the best, you want cheap. (Score:5, Funny)
In other cost savings news... (Score:4, Funny)
RyanAir's co-pilots suggest eliminating the CEO position as a way to cut costs.
After all, when cutting costs, start first with things that don't contribute directly to the bottom line, and don't affect safety...
Crowdsourcing is the answer to everything! (Score:3, Funny)
Plus, they could crowdsource all their DBA needs here on slashdot.
Re:Waste (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Waste (Score:3, Funny)