First of all I'd like to reply to mr. Pointy Pilot, who said
If EZY rostering is leaving pilots as tired as some make out it will only be a matter of time before there is an accident, surely? Then the whole airline is gone.
and tell him:
forget it mate!, the public's memory is shorter than the attention span of a Labrador puppy. Beancounters apparantly do not think like this. A human life has a price and if this price(even factored by 140) is lower than a decent scheduling system... Well, you do the math....
I vividly remember swissair and crossair's incidents and accidents, and look who is still flying : their "lovechild"* SWISS ! The public LOVES to forget accidents especially when it comes to ticketprices or reputation (which the swiss DEFINATELY do not deserve)
Secondly, the sentence
Glad to see that orange is really the same sort of murky brown that the rest of us live with.
by mr. Codman has been spinning around in my head the the entire day and at first, I must say it sounded funny enough, but people, give it some more thought....
Isn't this sad ?!??!?!?!
*please no flame wars on swiss!