Reply to: Ryanair boss says air stewardesses should be allowed to land planes in an emergency

[Scrag Meister]

Teach them to take off and land as well...

..in case of a pilots strike.

After a months experience they could lay the pilots off all together, share holder value.

[Mich the Tester]

Better Ryanair solution; get a passenger to land it and then charge him 40 quid for the privilege.

Easy-peasy.

[Paddy]

Dead easy, you can also use it for email.

[xoggoth]

while (speed.Current <= speed.Required)
{
thrust.Increase();
// Todo. What if the engines don't respond ?!?!?
}

Hey! I wrote that bit of code when I was at Rolls Royce!

[Zippy]

[QUOTE=Lightship;1190127]Would you want one of these in your cockpit?

No, but I bet you'd like to be in hers (fnaar, fnaar)

[Boudica]

This is called 'get free publicity on a slow news day' - it is from the same drawer as 'removing all seats from planes'.

utter rubbish generating headlines and time on the telly

[AtW]

In terms of larger commercial aircraft my own belief (so almost certainly wrong) is that manufacturers will be looking towards approval on a single pilot basis with a "safety pilot". This being somebody who is qualified and rated but not type approved.

That's it, I'll be taking a train to mainland Europe next time I go there...

[ASB]

A dozen or so African countries would, no problem sir.

European airspace, not on your nelly.

Some citations are approved by the CAA for single crewed operations (and there are probably more recent approvals) within UK airspace subject to certain other flight equipment. Of course this is somewhat different to a mid size commercial airliner. The CAA would like there to always be a CPL in the second seat - but cannot enforce it and recognise it as unlikely with the increasing number of very light jets.

In terms of larger commercial aircraft my own belief (so almost certainly wrong) is that manufacturers will be looking towards approval on a single pilot basis with a "safety pilot". This being somebody who is qualified and rated but not type approved.

[Gonzo]

More free advertising is it or is he being serious?

When is he ever being serious?

Since he likes his free publicity so much he can have this - I flew on his airline once, never ever again.

[scooterscot]

Advertising as said before.

Would any country allow a passenger jet with one pilot in it's air space? .

A dozen or so African countries would, no problem sir.

European airspace, not on your nelly.

[SueEllen]

More free advertising is it or is he being serious?

Advertising as said before.

Would any country allow a passenger jet with one pilot in it's air space?

One of my mates use to work for air traffic control and she pointed out there were already problems with some pilots not comprehending English sufficiently to deal with air traffic control, and if it wasn't for the co-pilot there would be more crashes.

[scooterscot]

When that BA plane belly flopped onto Heathrow in 2008, they needed two pilots then. One to handle the yoke and the other to call ATC and operate the thrusters, flaps etc. The actions of both pilots combined is what prevented a catastrophe.

In fact it was the autopilot that was getting its knickers in a twist. It was basically executing

while (speed.Current <= speed.Required)
{
thrust.Increase();
// Todo. What if the engines don't respond ?!?!?
}

{tell pilots to adopt kiss my ass position}

[centurian]

When that BA plane belly flopped onto Heathrow in 2008, they needed two pilots then. One to handle the yoke and the other to call ATC and operate the thrusters, flaps etc. The actions of both pilots combined is what prevented a catastrophe.

In fact it was the autopilot that was getting its knickers in a twist. It was basically executing

while (speed.Current <= speed.Required)
{
thrust.Increase();
// Todo. What if the engines don't respond ?!?!?
}

[Zippy]

Its only people's 'greed' in thinking they are getting value for money with his 'cheap' flights that allow him to be in a position to come out with such tulip.

Nah. He doesn't believe in spending money on advertising. Branson has cornered the market in touchy-feely 'I'm a decent bloke' stunts, so he has to be the raving looney.

[BolshieBastard]

Shirley he can't be serious? Now, the autopilot might work ...

Its only people's 'greed' in thinking they are getting value for money with his 'cheap' flights that allow him to be in a position to come out with such tulip.